About the Authors

Michael P. Barrett

michael.barrett@glasgow.ac.uk, m.barrett@bio.glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Infection & Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Gerardo Priotto

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Jose R. Franco

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Veerle Lejon

Affiliation UMR177 Intertryp, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, CIRAD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Andreas K. Lindner

Affiliation Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Center for Global Health, Institute of International Health, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests:: JRF and GP are employees of the World Health Organisation (WHO). All authors were participants of the WHO fifth stakeholder meeting for the elimination of Human African trypanosomiasis. MPB is part of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Drugs for Neglected Disease initiative.