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Around 15 countries are preparing to test a technique that sterilizes male mosquitoes using radiation as part of a global health effort to control diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika.

In an interview with UN News’s Daniel Johnson, Jeremy Bouyer, a UN pest control expert, explains how the process of using radiation on the bugs works.

Citations

[1] Dengue and severe dengue ➤ https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dengue-and-severe-dengue