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The World Health Organization is using a new combination of drugs to treat human African trypanosomiasis disease, also known as sleeping sickness. The drugs nifurtimox and eflornithine will be given out in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Officials from the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative say the new treatment has fewer side effects. It is also more effective and less costly than the drugs traditionally used. In addition, the new treatment reduces the number of injections needed. And it shortens the amount of time patients must spend in the hospital.

Sleeping sickness threatens millions of people in thirty-six countries in Africa. Most live in poor rural areas. The disease is caused by the trypanosoma parasite. It is spread to humans through the bite of infected tsetse flies.

Common signs of sleeping sickness include fever, headaches, extreme tiredness and pain in the muscles and joints. Early identification of the disease may be difficult because many infected people do not show any immediate symptoms.

Over time, the parasites invade the central nervous system. The disease causes sleep disorders, mental confusion, personality changes, speech problems, seizures and coma. If left untreated, sleeping sickness kills.

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世界卫生组织正在使用一种新的药物组合来治疗人类非洲锥虫病，也被称为昏睡病。药物硝呋莫司和依氟鸟氨酸将在乌干达和刚果民主共和国。

官员从毒品被忽视疾病说新的治疗方法副作用少。这也比传统的药物更有效，成本更低。此外，新的治疗方法减少了注射的次数。它缩短了病人的住院时间，在非洲的三十六个国家中，有成千上万的人都在睡觉。大多数生活在贫困农村地区。这种疾病是由锥虫寄生虫引起的。它通过被感染的采采蝇的叮咬传播给人类。

常见昏睡病的症状包括发烧，头痛，肌肉和关节上的极度疲劳和疼痛。早期发现的疾病可能是困难的，因为许多受感染的人并没有显示出任何直接的症状，随着时间的推移，寄生虫侵入中枢神经系统。疾病导致睡眠障碍，精神错乱，人格改变，言语问题，癫痫发作和昏迷。如果不及时治疗，睡眠病死亡。