The Cysticercosis Working Group in Eastern and Southern Africa meets again : to the editor

Extracted from text ... To the editor - Aan die redakteurPres s Releas eThe Cysticercosis Working Group in Eastern and Southern Africa meets againThe 2nd meeting on a serious emergingparasitic disease, Taenia solium cysticercosis,was held recently in Tanzania. Thismeeting followed the August 2002 InternationalAction Planning Workshop on the'Emergence of the Zoonotic Pork Tapeworm,Taenia solium, as an Important Economicand Public Health Problem inDeveloping Countries' held in Arusha, Tanzania.Last year's workshop was a landmarkmeeting attended by 90 of the world'sexperts in this field. The aims of the workshopwere to increase awareness to improvehuman health and well-being, pigproduction, the domestic food supply andexport opportunities for pork ..