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People queue in line as they wait to take part in an Human African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, screening in the village of Paanenefla near Sinfra, Ivory Coast on October 11, 2019. Sleeping sickness, a parasitic infection that once caused thousands of deaths annually in sub-Saharan Africa, is nearing elimination, but scientists warn affected countries must not drop their guard. The disease, transmitted to humans by the Tsetse fly was once the bane of more than 30 countries who suffered devastating epidemics over the past century. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)