02033nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653001600054653003400070653001100104653001800115100001300133700001200146700001400158700001200172700001200184700001400196700001100210245009400221856012100315300001200436490000700448520129800455022001401753       2020                            d  c01/202010aElimination10aHuman African trypanosomiasis10aIssues10aOpportunities1 aOzioko K1 aOkoye C1 aObiezue R1 aIdika I1 aAwudu R1 aEzewudo B1 aEzea C00aAccelerating towards human African trypanosomiasis elimination: Issues and opportunities.  uhttps://www.jvbd.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9062;year=2020;volume=57;issue=2;spage=105;epage=113;aulast=Ozioko;type=2  a105-1130 v573 a<p>Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) has been an alarming global public health issue. The disease affects mainly poor and marginalized people in low-resource settings and is caused by two subspecies of haemoflagellate parasite, Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by tsetse flies. Progress made in HAT control during the past decade has prompted increasing global dialogue on its elimination and eradication. The disease is targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for elimination as a public health problem by 2020 and to terminate its transmission globally by 2030, along-side other Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD). Several methods have been used to control tsetse flies and the disease transmitted by them. Old and new tools to control the disease are available with constraints. Currently, there are no vaccines available. Efforts towards intervention to control the disease over the past decade have seen considerable progress and remarkable success with incidence dropping progressively, reversing the upward trend of reported cases. This gives credence in a real progress in its elimination. This study reviews various control measures, progress and a highlight of control issues, vector and parasite barriers that may have been hindering progress towards its elimination.</p>  a0972-9062