This work was supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(www.gatesfoundation.org)through the Human African Trypanosomiasis Modelling and Economic Predictions for Policy(HAT MEPP)project[OPP1177824 and INV-005121](CH,REC,PEB,MA,EHC,KSR);through the NTD Modelling Consortium[OPP1184344](KSR),and the Trypa-NO!project[INV-008412 and INV-001785](PRB,AP,SJT,PS and IT);SJT received funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council(www.bbsrc.ukri.org;Grants BB/S01375X/1,BB/S00243X/1,BB/P005888/1).The funders had no role in study design,data collection and analysis,decision to publish,or preparation of the manuscript.
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