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Kenya Agricultural Research Institute tries maggot therapy in wound care

The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari) has begun maggot therapy trials in wound treatment.

Dr Phoebe Mukiria from Kari Trypanosomiasis Research Center (TRC) regrets wound care in Kenya is quite expensive yet maggot therapy only involves production of the worms.

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