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The Fatal Sleep focuses on the scourge of sleeping sickness in Africa. The disease, also known as Human African trypanosomiasis, is transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly which holds captive a third of the entire African continent. Peter Kennedy's story aims to raise awareness of a disease that has so far been largely neglected by the industrialised Western nations, yet is a major killer in Africa. Peter Kennedy has spent much of his like devoted to the study of sleeping sickness in Africa and gives a intense portrait of the African Portrait. Part of the income raised by sales of this book will go towards research on treating diseases like sleeping sickness.
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Professor Peter Kennedy holds the Burton Chair of Neurology at Glasgow University. The only neurologist working on the disease, he is the world's leading expert on the topic, and has spent much of his career devoted to raising awareness of sleeping sickness in Africa and beyond. He has made over 20 field visits to Africa in the last 10 years
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This is a remarkable book. It is filled in equal measure with passion for science and compassion for the people afflicted with this cruel disease. - SIR ROGER BANNISTER Peter Kennedy's book provides a clear, intelligent and insightful overview of the current challenges related to diagnosing and treating patients with this disease due to the difficult conditions and limited tools available... This book will complement the ongoing efforts by many organisations... to raise awareness about this neglected disease and promote urgently needed action to reduce the devastation it causes. - UNNI KARUNAKARA, MEDICAL DIRECTOR, MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES CAMPAIGN FOR ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES
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- PublisherLuath Pr
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1906817480
- ISBN 13 9781906817480
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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