A child held by his mother cries as a health worker pricks his finger to draw blood as they takes part in sleeping sickness screening in Paanenefla, Ivory Coast on October 11, 2019. PHOTO | ISSOUF SANOGO | AFP
Once the bane of sub-Saharan Africa, sleeping sickness is agonisingly close to being wiped out, but only if countries—and donors—keep up their guard, say scientists.
The disease, transmitted to humans by the tsetse fly, was once a curse in 30 countries.
