Fighting sleeping sickness

What if we could stop a disease before it affected humans?

That is the aim of the Sherlock project, an RNA test capable of detecting sleeping sickness in livestock.

In Africa, this test not only monitors the circulation of the parasite, but also prevents transmission to humans. This groundbreaking innovation is the result of international collaboration between Brice Rotureau's teams, the IRD, and national control programs in Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire.

Thanks to their efforts, local residents have already installed tsetse fly traps to protect their communities.

The goal: zero transmission to humans by 2030.

(video in french, English subtitles available)