Lukaw, Y.S and  Ochi, E.B

Abstract

Human African trypanosomosis is one of the most important transboundary diseases restricting economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. The present paper outlines human activities culminating in the HAT and highlights some problems related to measures applied to control HAT in Western Equatoria State, South Sudan. Review on relevant data to HAT in Western Equatoria State was comparatively made and analyzed. Graphs were drawn using Microsoft Excel 2007 Software and descriptive statistics done using statview version 5.0.1 for windows. The correlation between different activities and relative risk of the infection was deduced from a regression plot graph. Ibba County revealed the highest prevalence rate of HAT (30.5%) as compared with the lowest rate (3.7%) in Yambio County. Human social activities revealed significant correlation (R2 =0.971). Water collection activity revealed high association with the infection (relative risk = 1.1) compared to the lowest relative risk (0.5) associated with livestock care. This study revealed that human activities might increase the risk of infection with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. The persistence of the disease and infection in the affected areas might be attributed to control related problems of institutional development and social upheavals. [Yatta S. LUKAW and Erneo B. OCHI. Risk-related Activities and Control Problems of Human African Trypanosomosis in Western Equatoria State, South Sudan. Rep Opinion 2012; 4(10):37-43]. (ISSN: 1553-9873). http://www.sciencepub.net/report. 9

Keywords: Risk; Control Problems; Human African Trypanosomiasis; South Sudan

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