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Malawi fights tsetse flies, HEALTH

disease after wildlife DOCTOR ON DUTY

Oranjestad
relocated Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm

Tel. 527 4000
By KENNETH JALI Group Village Ngondo, re-
Associated Press called at least five deaths San Nicolas
NKHOTAKOTA, Malawi (AP) from the disease. IMSAN 24 Hours
— The relocation of hun- The World Health Organiza- Tel.524 8833
dreds of elephants to Ma- tion says sleeping sickness Women in Difficulties
lawi's largest wildlife reserve is endemic in 36 countries PHARMACY ON DUTY
was meant to be a sign of in sub-Saharan Africa but Oranjestad:
hope and renewal in this cases have been drop- Eagle Tel. 587 9011
southern African nation. ping. Last year just under San Nicolas:
Then nearby residents be- 1,000 cases were record- Aloe Tel. 584 4606
Women in Difficulties
gan falling ill. ed, a new low. The major- OTHER
The cause of the head- ity of cases are reported in
aches, weakness and pain Congo. Dental Clinic 587 9850
Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
were trypanosomes, tiny The disease is "notoriously Urgent Care 586 0448
parasites spread by the bite difficult to treat" with drugs Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
of the tsetste fly — a com- and easier to treat when +297 588 0539
panion of the elephants. caught early, WHO says. Women in Difficulties
Trypanosomiasis, or sleep- The health agency says it is EMERGENCY
ing sickness, is the result. usually fatal when untreat- Police 100
Local families described ed as the parasite moves Oranjestad 527 3140
the toll the disease can into the central nervous Noord 527 3200
take. system and eventually can Sta. Cruz 527 2900
584 5000
San Nicolas
"I feel too weak," said Chi- cause seizures and coma. Police Tipline 11141
omba Njati, who was still Dr. Janelisa Misaya, a Ma- Ambulancia 911
recovering after a week lawi College of Medicine Fire Dept. 115
in the hospital. He said he principal investigator, un- Red Cross 582 2219
was bitten while farming derscored the need to
near the wildlife reserve. "I control the tsetse fly popu- TAXI SERVICES
cannot even carry a hoe lation. "One tsetse can ac- Taxi Tas 587 5900
and farm. The home is lack- tually infect a lot of people Prof. Taxi 588 0035
Taxi D.T.S.
587 2300
ing food and other impor- at once," she said. "So we Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
tant things because it is my don't want to take chanc- A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
wife doing everything on es." Women in Difficulties
her own. This is so worrying." Some villagers expressed TRAVEL INFO
Authorities said the Nkho- concern about the reintro-
takota wildlife reserve has duction of wildlife and the Aruba Airport 524 2424
seen a surge in tsetse fly enlargement of the nearby American Airlines 582 2700
Avianca
588 0059
numbers since around 2015 reserve. Jet Blue 588 2244
when the elephants and The African Parks field op- Surinam 582 7896
other game animals were erations manager for the
reintroduced. reserve, David Robertson, Women in Difficulties
The local hospital said it acknowledged that the CRUISES
did not have a number of reintroduction of animals in
sleeping sickness cases. 2015 led to an increase in
One community resident, tsetse flies.q

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