Trypanosomiasis: Institute Says Sickness No Longer A Public Health Problem In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 24, 2019
TheNigerian Institute for Trypanosmiasis Research, NITR Kaduna, saysTrypanosomiasis is no longer a public health problem in Nigeria due tosurveillance activities and advanced technology.
Trypanosomiasisis a sleeping sickness in humans and animals. It is transmitted by an insectcalled tsetse fly.
TheInstitute’s Director General Augustine Igweh said this on the sidelines of the35 International Scientific Council for TrypanosomiasisResearch and Control conference in Abuja.
TheDirector-General stated that Nigeria is using aircraft to spray tsetse fliesbefore to suppress them before the introduction of advanced technology known assterile insect technique.
Heexplained that “in the past, so many parts of the country were affected by thisdisease but due to surveillance activities and technology; we have been able tosuppress the disease.
Accordingto Igweh, what the sterile insect technique technology means is that maletsetse flies can be sterilised and be released in the field.