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Tanzania: Accurate Data Key to Tsetse Fly Control
Daily News, 22 October 2026
ACCURATE data collection is essential to strengthening efforts to control tsetse flies in Africa, helping experts establish the extent of infestation, develop appropriate… Read more »
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Africa: The Bloodsucking Insect With a Saw for a Mouth - How the Tsetse Fly Bites Through Almost Anything
The Conversation Africa, 19 August 2026
Tsetse flies transmit some of Africa's most persistent parasitic diseases. They have affected human health, livestock production and rural development for generations, across a… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Targets Tsetse Threat in Multi-State Livestock Campaign
Leadership, 26 April 2026
The Federal Government has launched a coordinated multi-state campaign to curb tsetse fly infestation, a major driver of livestock losses and zoonotic disease risks in parts of the… Read more »
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Africa: Single-Dose Treatment for Sleeping Sickness Receives Approval
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), 27 February 2026
• Recommendation based on Phase II/III study demonstrating up to 96 per cent success rates at 18 months across both early and advanced stages of T.b. gambiense, the most… Read more »
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Uganda: Government Supplies 20,000 Litres of Acaricide to Protect Livestock in High-Risk Districts
Nile Post, 15 December 2025
The Government has procured 20,000 litres of Deltamethrin acaricide worth Shs 2.4 billion to protect livestock farmers in high-risk districts from trypanosomiasis, a vector-borne… Read more »
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Uganda: Govt Launches Shs 2.4bn Tsetse Control Drive Amid Renewed Sleeping Sickness Risk
Nile Post, 15 December 2025
The government has launched a Shs2.4 billion tsetse fly control programme covering 78 high-risk districts, amid warnings of renewed threats of sleeping sickness and animal… Read more »
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Kenya: WHO Declares Kenya Free of Deadly Sleeping Sickness After Decades
RFI, 23 August 2025
KENYA - Kenya's success in the fight against deadly sleeping sickness marks a milestone in the African continent's battle to eradicate neglected tropical diseases. Read more »
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Malawi: Malawi Launches First Oral Pill to Fight Deadly Sleeping Sickness
Nyasa Times, 14 May 2025
For the first time, patients in Malawi can take a pill instead of enduring toxic IV drugs to survive a fast-moving and deadly disease. Read more »
African Experts Stress Reliable Data for Tsetse Fly Control
Experts from sixteen sub-Saharan countries have gathered in Tanzania to deliberate on improving tsetse fly control through science, nuclear technology, and cross-border cooperation. During the discussion, the Director-General of the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC), Najat Mohammed, said reliable data is crucial to understanding the distribution and extent of infestation in different regions and determining the most appropriate control methods.
Other participants also stressed the need to harness data, science, and technology to develop sustainable interventions and reduce the impact of tsetse flies on human health and livestock across Africa.
Tsetse flies transmit trypanosomiasis, a disease that affects both humans and animals. In livestock, the disease undermines productivity and imposes severe challenges on farmers.
InFocus
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Fexinidazole is a new drug for the treatment of Human African Trypanosomiasis commonly known as sleeping sickness. It is the first all-oral treatment for the disease which is transmitted by the bite of a tsetse fly, and has been approved by the European Medicines Agency.
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Following 10 years of research, a team of scientists has successfully sequenced the genetic code of the tsetse fly, opening the door to scientific breakthroughs that could reduce or end the scourge of African sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
