Community empowerment through participation in a tsetse control project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Main Authors: Catiane Vander Kelen (Author), Alain Mpanya (Author), Epco Hasker (Author), Erick Miaka (Author), Ruth Nzuzi (Author), Justin Pulford (Author), Steve Torr (Author), Dennis Perez Chacon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) is a neglected tropical disease caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies. In 2017, a pilot community-based project was launched in three villages in DRC with the overall goal of empowering community members to control tsetse using Tiny Target...