Press Kit - Photographs - Sleeping Sickness

Sleeping sickness is transmitted by the tsetse fly, mostly endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. ©Benoît Marquet/DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download low resolution

Tsetse flies are carriers of the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness. These tsetse flies have been captured in a trap. ©Benoît Marquet/DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

DNDi has partnerships with researchers and health officials in endemic regions, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ©DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

Upgrading infrastructure and enhancing skills are an important part of the partnerships ©DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

Working in collaboration with health officials in endemic regions helps strengthen their capacity ©DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

In Dipumba, in the DRC, a lab technician in the human African trypanosomiasis centre carries out CATT tests, which detect the presence of the sleeping sickness parasite in blood. ©Benoît Marquet/DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

In the remote village of Mpata in the DRC, a technician in the « Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA) » (National programme of the fight against human African trypanosomiasis) mobile team anaylses samples to see if any of the villagers are suffering from sleeping sickness. ©Benoît Marquet/DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

The improved treatment, NECT, is a combination of nifurtimox, which is given orally, and eflornithine, which is given intravenously. ©DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

Early morning in the Dipumba human African trypanosomiasis centre in the DRC, a nurse dispenses oral treatment (nifurtimox tablets) to sleeping sickness patients. ©Benoît Marquet/DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

At the same time, in the Dipumba human African trypanosomiasis centre in the DRC, another nurse sets up IV infusions of eflornithine to sleeping sickness patients. ©Benoît Marquet/DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

A young girl being treated for sleeping sickness lies on a bed, accompanied by her grand-mother, in Katanda HAT centre in the DRC ©Benoît Marquet/DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

Patients receiving NECT treatment against the advanced stage of sleeping sickness in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) centre in Banda, in the DRC. ©Claude Mahoudeau/MSF Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

Patients receiving NECT treatment against the advanced stage of sleeping sickness in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) centre in Banda, in the DRC. ©Claude Mahoudeau/MSF Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

Patients receiving NECT treatment against the advanced stage of sleeping sickness in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) centre in Banda, in the DRC. ©Claude Mahoudeau/MSF Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

Patients receiving NECT treatment against the advanced stage of sleeping sickness in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) centre in Banda, in the DRC. ©Claude Mahoudeau/MSF Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

A teenager under treatment for sleeping sickness feels better and sits outside the ward, in Katanda human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) centre in the DRC. ©Benoît Marquet/DNDi Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

In September 2009, the first kits of NECT treatment are shipped from the MSF logistic centre in France to the DRC. ©Robert Roussel/MSF Right click on the links below to download the image download medium resolution download low resolution

In September 2009, the first kits of NECT treatment are shipped from the MSF logistic centre in France to the DRC. ©Robert Roussel/MSF Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

In September 2009, the first kits of NECT treatment are shipped from the MSF logistic centre in France to the DRC. ©Robert Roussel/MSF Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

In September 2009, the first kits of NECT treatment are shipped from the MSF logistic centre in France to the DRC. ©Robert Roussel/MSF Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution

The NECT kit consists of different elements needed to treat patients with sleeping sickness. ©Robert Roussel/MSF Right click on the links below to download the image download high resolution download low resolution