"Anytime anyone is sleeping outside, particularly in West Africa which is very well known for its malaria, you are clearly exposing yourself to that disease and other diseases,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Sleeping sickness is a deadly disease that infects about sixty thousand people in Africa each year.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Trypanosoma gambiense is responsible for ninety percent of the reported cases of sleeping sickness.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

He says a less costly, easy-to-use medicine for sleeping sickness is badly needed.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

The list is long. There are temporary shelters, ropes,oxygen bottles,clothing, sleeping bags,food...and bodies!

VOA: special.2011.05.10

Sleeping sickness is spread by the bite of the tsetse fly.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

"In areas where the sleeping sickness is still very prevalent, such as remote areas of some central African countries -- which are by the way very unstable areas -- it will be also crucial to have simpler treatment and obviously oral treatment would be the best."

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Now,the reason we have children and women sleeping inside is because we consider them to be the most vulnerable."

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Discovery is delivering a new astronaut sleeping quarters, an ammonia tank and a gyroscope for the space station.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"This is about the systematic dismantling of this country. You have awakened a sleeping giant.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

The situation is very dire, because all the survivors are sleeping out in the streets."

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

Sleeping sickness is one of a group of diseases known as "neglected tropical diseases."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

The World Health Organization estimates that between 50,000 and 70,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with sleeping sickness, which is spread by the tsetse fly.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

He says an cheap and easy-to-use medicine for sleeping sickness is badly needed.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

At least 25 people have been killed by flooding in Ghana, where the local Red Cross society is helping vulnerable families with tarps,blankets,kitchen sets, sleeping mats,soap, and jerry cans.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

Sleeping sickness is spread by a parasite that infects the central nervous system and,if left untreated, moves to the spinal column and brain, resulting in mental confusion and eventual death.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"In areas where the sleeping sickness is still very prevalent such as remote areas of some central African countries, which are by the way very unstable areas, it will be also crucial to have simpler treatment and obviously oral treatment would be the best."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05