Trypanosomiasis: FG Approves Construction Of Modern Tsetse Mass Rearing Facility – Onu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 23, 2019
The Minister of Science andTechnology, Ogbonnaya Onu, says the Federal Government has approved theconstruction of a modern tsetse mass rearing facility at Vom, Plateau, toeradicate Trypanosomiasis.
Trypanosomiasis is a sleepingsickness in human and animal, transmitted by insect called tsetse fly.
Onu said this at the opening of thefive-day, 35th International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Researchand Control conference today in Abuja.
The minister said that the measurewas part of the Federal Government’s efforts to eradicate tsetse flies andtryponosomiasis disease in Nigeria and Africa as a whole
Onu said that government approved thefacility to generate millions of sterile male tsetse flies for field releasesfor the mop-up population of tsetse fly that might persist after suppression toachieve eradication.
According to him, Nigeria playsimportant role in the decision of the African Heads of State and Governmentthat endorsed the Pan African Tsetse and Tryponosomiasis Eradication CampaignPATTEC Initiative.