The Lambwe Valley and its people.

By 1936 the Lambwe Valley, which had been heavily populated in the early years of this century, was nearly devoid of people. Population since that time has increased markedly as a result of a settlement scheme and efforts made to control and eradicate Glossina pallidipes and trypanosomiasis. The formation of a game reserve (now a National Park) prevented the completion of a tsetse eradication programme and has provided an unmolested habitat for both G. pallidipes and large numbers of game animals which act as a reservoir for trypanosomiasis. Rhodesian sleeping sickness, as well as animal trypanosomiasis, have been severe problems for the local farmers who live around the boundaries of the National Park.