KILLER DISEASES | A History of Sleeping Sickness

FIRST PUBLISHED 6 July 2016

Between the 14th and 19th centuries, sleeping sickness became increasingly common in Africa. Colonisation contributed to the spread of the disease through population displacements. The first treatment was developed in 1905. When interest in the disease declined around 1960, the tsetse fly reappeared causing severe epidemics.

Watch all of the Killer Diseases – Sleeping Sickness videos:
History:    • KILLER DISEASES | A History of Sleepi...  
Geography:    • KILLER DISEASES | Sleeping Sickness A...  
Body:    • KILLER DISEASES | How Sleeping Sickne...  
Treatment:    • KILLER DISEASES | Sleeping Sickness T...  
Future:    • KILLER DISEASES | Sleeping Sickness i...  

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This video is part of the "Killer Diseases" series produced by MSF France, Allodocteurs, Réseau Canopé, Fondation Mérieux, universcience, Inserm, Institut Pasteur, and DNDi. Supported by les Investissements d’avenir.