An Assessment of Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Research Technology Transfer: Gender Considerations in Partnership Projects Involving Rural Communities in Makueni and Kajiado districts, Kenya

Abstract

Former Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute (KETRI) now Kenya Agricultural Research Institute - Trypanosomosis Research Centre (KARl - TRC) is mandated by the GoK to carry out research and technology development into all aspects of tsetse and trypanosomosis problems and reclaim tsetse-infested lands in Kenya. Tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis is one of the most devastating parasitic diseases constraining both livestock and human health and production in sub-Saharan Africa in general, and Kenya in particular. Various developed control technologies are now available targeting either the vector (tsetse fly) or the parasite (trypanosome). Research control technologies developed by the former KETRI are geared toward the control of both the vector and the disease (trypanosomosis). One of the major research technologies KETRI has developed, validated and transferred to target communities for tsetse control is the trapping technology.