Sleeping sickness is a lethal disease which affects humans and animals in rural Africa and has negative consequences for the economic development in the region.

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The Stamp Out Sleeping sickness (SOS) campaign is a public private partnership launched in Kampala, Uganda in October 2006. This partnership was formed in response to an emergency situation arising in a number of districts in Northern Uganda where the two strains of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) - also known as "sleeping sickness"- threaten to converge.

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NEWS

Mr. Damien Wetaya

Posted 2013-03-15

This is the story of one of the youths who was part of the cohort who had their graduation ceremony in the Soroti district under AFRISA at the end of the SOS mass treatment Phase II which took place in late 2010.

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Mr. Willy Otim

Posted 2013-03-15

Willy Otim is an animal health worker operating in the Adur Parish in Dokolo sub county who was first introduced to 3V drugs by Dr. Opondo who mentored him in the proper usage back in 2007.

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Two brothers at work

Posted 2013-03-15

Julius Ogwang Julius Ogwang started working with Dr. Opondo more than two years ago as a spray person in Alwa sub-county, Kaberamaido district. When the HHS group visited Julius, they were able to see for themselves his significant achievements, and the team also caught up with his brother, Mr. Michael Edonu, who has been active in the spray person network alongside his work as an entomology assistant in Alwa sub-county.

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