Scientists have called for the international community take more interest in sleeping sickness, according to a report on the Science and Development Network website. They warn that drugs currently used to treat the disease are old and toxic, adding that sleeping sickness warrants a higher research priority because of its threat to health.
Africa lacks journalists able to report on science without distortion and misinformation, according to a Science and Development Network report. At a meeting on biotechnology and biosafety in Uganda, scientists said media ignorance is to blame for Africans lacking accurate information on new opportunities and benefits.