The spread of Napier Grass Stunting Disease (NSD) in eastern Africa is a major threat to the dairy industry. icipe's research efforts to identify the vector of NSD is an important foundation on which on which to build control strategies.
Mosquitoes transmit malaria and a host of other pathogens, including viruses such as Rift Valley Fever. We support icipe's R&D activities, in collaboration with other partners.
African trypanosomes are transmitted by tsetse flies, which infest 36 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Trypanosomiasis limits agricultural productivity, and causes severe morbidity and death among inhabitants of large areas of Africa that could spur economic development if liberated from this menace. We undertake research to understand tsetse-trypanosome interactions that can be disrupted to prevent transmission.
