Fig 1.
Total number of reported cases of HAT (gambiense and rhodesiense) per year (2000–2020).
The green line and the green circles show the milestones and target set in the WHO road map for HAT elimination [14].
Table 1.
T. b. gambiense HAT: new cases reported between 2011 and 2020.
Table 2.
T. b. rhodesiense HAT: new cases reported between 2011 and 2020.
Fig 2.
Geographical distribution of human African trypanosomiasis.
Period 2019–2020. The base layers used in this map are the FAO Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL), Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), FAO Inland water bodies in Africa, FAO Rivers of Africa and Vector Map Level 0 (VMap0).
Fig 3.
Trends in areas at risk of gambiense and rhodesiense HAT where the disease is still considered as a public health problem (2000–2004 to 2016–2020).
The green line and green circles show the milestones and target set by the WHO Strategic and Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases to achieve the elimination of HAT as a public health problem by 2020.
Fig 4.
Areas at risk of HAT infection.
Period 2016–2020. The base layers used in this map are the FAO Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL), Global Administrative Areas and FAO Inland water bodies in Africa.
Fig 5.
Geographical distribution of fixed health facilities offering diagnosis and treatment of gambiense and rhodesiense HAT.
Data were collected by WHO from National Sleeping Sickness Control Programmes in June 2021. The base layers used in this map are the FAO Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL), Global Administrative Areas and FAO Inland water bodies in Africa.
Table 3.
Fixed health facilities for gambiense HAT: June 2021 survey.
Differences from the July 2019 survey [7] in column ‘Δ’.
Table 4.
Fixed health facilities for rhodesiense HAT: June 2021 survey.
Differences from the July 2019 survey [7] in column ‘Δ’.