KENTTEC intensifies campaign to combat tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis in Turkana County
The Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) in collaboration with the County Government of Turkana, has launched an initiative to control the tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis along the Kenyan-Ugandan border as a precaution against #tsetse that can move from Uganda to Kenya. Led by Isaiah Ndaburu Kiteto, Director for Surveillance and Control (KENTTEC) and […]
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KENTTEC shines at 36th General Conference of International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control
Mr. Isaiah Ndaburu Kiteto, who is the current Director for Surveillance and Control at Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) shines at the 36th General Conference of the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control (ISCTRC) which was held in Mombasa in September 2023. Mr. Kiteto emerged the third best in scientific poster […]
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H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, The Deputy President of Kenya, welcomes delegates to the 36th #ISCTRC General Conference in Mombasa
KENTTEC hosted this year’s 36th General Conference of the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control which was held on 18th to 22nd September 2023 in Mombasa, Kenya. This year’s theme was ‘Sustainable Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control for Socio-Economic Development.’ The event was graced by H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, The Deputy President of Kenya and […]
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Heavy Rains Intervention In Kilifi County
Following heavy rains, there is sprouting of bushes along River Sabaki and Jilore forest in Kilifi County. Complaints have been lodged by residents living around River Sabaki and Jilore forest on suspected presence of tsetse flies and cases of African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT)/ Nagana. Tsetse transmit AAT/ Nagana in livestock while in humans they transmit […]
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Deployment of Tsetse Targets Across the Country
KENTTEC is deploying insecticide treated targets in Counties of Kilifi (ADC Ranch in Galana), Meru (Meru National Park), Narok (Enoonkishu Conservancy), Baringo (Mogotio and Baringo South), Lake Victoria Region and Busia (Bunyula and Samia hills). Insecticide treated targets is one of the most effective ways of controlling tsetse flies. The targets are blue and black […]
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