Background to the international action planning workshop on Taenia solium cysticercosis/taeniosis with special focus on Eastern and Southern Africa.

Samson Mukaratirwa *, Ayub A. Kassuku , Arve Lee Willingham , K. Darwin Murrell, III c a Dean of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe b Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3019, Morogoro, Tanzania c WHO/FAO Collaborating Center for Research and Training on Emerging and Other Parasitic Zoonoses, Danish Center for Experimental Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Dyrelaegevej 100, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark