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Malawi fights tsetse flies, disease after HEALTH

wildlife relocated DOCTOR ON DUTY

Oranjestad
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panion of the elephants. crane in an upside down position in Lilongwe, Malawi, in the first Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
Trypanosomiasis, or sleep- step of an assisted migration of 500 of the animals. Urgent Care 586 0448
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the toll the disease can control the tsetse fly popu- contribute to biodiversity."
take. lation. The tsetse flies are some- EMERGENCY
"I feel too weak," said Chi- "One tsetse can actually thing the parks workers Police 100
omba Njati, who was still infect a lot of people at need to manage differ- Oranjestad 527 3140
recovering after a week once," she said. "So we ently, Robertson said. "We Noord 527 3200
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in the hospital. He said he don't want to take chanc- don't want to have neigh- San Nicolas 584 5000
was bitten while farming es." boring communities or Police Tipline 11141
near the wildlife reserve. "I Some villagers expressed tourists to the park having Ambulancia 911
cannot even carry a hoe concern about the reintro- an unpleasant experience Fire Dept. 115
and farm. The home is lack- duction of wildlife and the or dangerous experience Red Cross 582 2219
ing food and other impor- enlargement of the nearby though contact with tsetse TAXI SERVICES
tant things because it is my reserve. flies so we will do our best Taxi Tas 587 5900
wife doing everything on The African Parks field op- to manage that in the fu- Prof. Taxi 588 0035
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Authorities said the Nkho- reserve, David Robertson, To address the problem, Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
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from the disease. though they are a natural most intense sunlight during
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