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New Sleeping Sickness Drug Offers Hope for Africa

3/2/2026

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  • European drug regulators endorsed acoziborole, a new sleeping sickness treatment that could improve access in Congo and other African nations.
  • Acoziborole is taken as three pills in a single dose, unlike existing treatments requiring lengthy hospital stays.
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to halt the disease's spread by 2030.
  • Sanofi will donate the drug, making it free for patients.
  • Researchers caution that challenges remain in understanding transmission.