Trypanosomiasis-related organisations and projects:
African Union: Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT).
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Africover website. Multipurpose Africover Databases on Environmental resources (MADE)
available for 10 countries.
Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa (BECA).
BIOVISION: HQ in Switzerland, projects in East Africa.
Centre for International Co-operation in Agronomic Research and Development (CIRAD).
CTVM (Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine). The Royal School of Verterinary Studies, Division of Animal Health and Welfare.
Department for International Development (UK Government) - Animal Health Programme.
The Doyle Foundation.
East Africa Network for Trypanosomiasis (EANETT) (based in Kenya).
Environmental Research Group Oxford (ERGO): useful reports and publications section.
European Science Foundation Programme on Integrated Approaches for Functional Genomics.
FARMAFRICA Based in the UK and projects abroad.
Farming in tsetse controlled areas (FITCA FINAL REPORT 2005).
International Atomic Energy Agency (based in Vienna).
Site no longer available (12/07).
Integrated Control of Pathogenic Trypanosomes and their Vectors (ICPTV) (EU Concerted Action Programme).
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) (based in Kenya).
International Trypanotolerance Centre (ITC) (based in Banjul, The Gambia).
Site no longer available (12/07).
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute (KETRI) (based in Kenya).
Livestock Health Research Institute (LIRI) (part of NARO based in Uganda).
NASA African Disease Environment Prediction Task (Project ADEPT) (Ames Research Centre, California/Kenya).
Natural Resources Institute (NRI) (University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent).
University of Bristol, School of Biological sciences - Trypanosomiasis Research Group.
Faculty of Medicine, Glasgow University.
Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosome Eradication Programme (PAATEC).
Programmes and information to assist in the planning and implementation of tsetse control operations. Natural Resources Institute (NRI) (University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent).
Swiss Tropical Institute (STI) (based in Basel, Switzerland).
Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness (Edinburgh and Uganda).
Trypanosomiasis and Land Use in Africa, University of Oxford, Department of Zoology.
VETAID works with agricultural communities in East Africa who depend on animals for their survival.
Trypanosomiasis-related resources:
Animated trypanosome lifecycle
DPDx Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern. Descriptions and images available
Live on Earth A summary page about African Sleeping Sickness
World Health Organisation (WHO) website, African Trypanosomiasis information
Toys with a sickly twist for those who find microbes cuddly
Mums in Science, a blog for mums who work (or have worked) in science