Cecchi G. auteur aut IRD Courtin Fabrice auteur aut IRD Paone M. auteur aut IRD Diarra A. auteur aut IRD Franco J. R. auteur aut IRD Mattioli R. C. auteur aut IRD Simarro P. P. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Human population growth, climate change and economic development are causing major environmental modifications in Western Africa, which will have important repercussions on the epidemiology of sleeping sickness. A new initiative, the Atlas of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), aims at assembling and geo-referencing all epidemiological data derived from both active screening activities and passive surveillance. A geographic database enables to generate up-to-date disease maps at a range of scales and of unprecedented spatial accuracy. We present preliminary results for seven West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'lvoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Togo) and briefly discuss the relevance of the Atlas for future monitoring, control and L research activities. specialized human African trypanosomiasis GIS atlas health geography disease ecology 052 122 021 16 2 99-106 2009 1252-607X https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046227 1252-607X [F B010046227] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046227 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers17-10/010046227.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2009-07-24 2017-10-31 fdi:010046227 fre