Pest Species
Anopheles gambiae
Human malaria mosquito
Uganda
Bukedi Region
Control Measure
Synopsis
- 2023 President Museveni agreed to support a Sterile Insect Technique program in the Burkedi region.
- The company Malara Technology will be involved and using their mosquito rearing, sorting, packaging and distribution technologies.
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Bukedi sub-region to receive new high-level malaria prevention technology
Tags: Africa, Anopheles, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Watchdog Uganda, WATCHDOG, 2023.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni together with a group of scientists have agreed to start with Bukedi Sub-region as a pilot area for a new mosquito radiation sterilisation technology aimed at preventing malaria. “Let us start with the Bukedi Sub- region to pilot this method ...
