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Climate change, insecurity major hindrance to tsetse fly control

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Dr Christopher Wanga, Director of Livestock Policy Research and Regulations, State Department for Livestock Ministry of Agriculture responds to questions from journalist on September 18, 2023. [Courtesy]

Climate change and wars in sections of Sub-Saharan Africa have slowed down the efforts to eliminate tsetse flies and African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness, experts have said.

Dr Hiver Boussini, the Senior Animal Health Unit of the African Union-InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources said drastic climate changes have contributed to sudden increase in tsetse flies in some areas or migration from one place to the other.

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