COMBAT Project, COntrolling and progressively Minimizing the Burden of Animal Trypanosomosis

COntrolling and progressively Minimizing the Burden of Animal Trypanosomosis

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Training Workshop on trapping and identification techniques of hematophagous flies in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

24/04/2024

An international training workshop on hematophagous flies was held in the Kruger National Park 8-12th of April 2024....

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Training on African Trypanosomiasis Diagnostic Techniques and Vectors Management at the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)

24/04/2024

Kenyan Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control Teams Strengthened Through Refresher Training at icipe. This training was...

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The Institut Senegalais de Recherches Agricoles completed field evaluations of chemical compounds to attract gravid tsetse flies, as part of the COMBAT project.

17/04/2024

The Institut Senegalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) has assessed the attractiveness of chemical compounds for gravid...

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CIRDES has organised a training workshop on diagnostic techniques (parasitological, serological and molecular) for trypanosomoses for the French-speaking partners of the COMBAT project.

09/02/2024

From January 15 to 26, 2024, the Centre International de Recherche-Développement sur l'Elevage en zone Subhumide...

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The 2nd Year Progress Meeting of the COMBAT project takes place October 10 to 12, 2023 at FAO in Rome: the first results revealed!

09/10/2023

After 24 months of activities and implementation, the partners of COMBAT gather for the 2nd year progress meeting. The...

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The activities of the COMBAT project are reinforced by a signing of an agreement between CB-UEM and the Italian Cooperation, aimed at improving the Tintigala field station

06/10/2023

The COMBAT Mozambican consortium member, the Biotechnology Center of UEM signed a formal collaboration agreement with...

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Affecting both livestock and people, trypanosomoses are parasitic diseases cyclically transmitted by tsetse flies, touching 37 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Mechanically transmissible by other hematophagous insects, the disease has spread to other continents, and puts Europe at risk. The EU-funded COMBAT project aims to reduce the burden of animal trypanosomosis using the concept of progressive control pathway.

The project brings together 21 partners: five European institutions, nine research institutes and six national veterinary authorities spread across Africa, and one international organisation. COMBAT will improve basic knowledge on the infection and develop innovative control tools. Furthermore, it will improve surveillance and reporting, and produce guidelines for national control strategies. Accompanying capacity building and awareness raising activities will increase the sustainability of the project.