Bedele Animal Health Research Center is located in Bedele town and is expected to cover an area of 66,000 km² of Oromia Region and 20,000 km² of Gambella Region that are seriously affected by T&T. The center also covers partial areas of Central Ethiopia Region and South West Ethiopia Region. The center has one sub-station, Jimma station that is accountable to the center’s administration. The station was opened under the center to provide services closely to the targeted areas severely affected by the T&T. 

The center has responsible to:

• Conduct baseline data of T&T management using trap deployed, trypanosome parasite detection and flies dissection.
• Conduct research activities related to T&T.
• Conduct major activities such as research, prevent re-invention, expand new area intervention, and sustain an area of low tsetse flies activity.
• Identify trypanosome parasite using buffy coat techniques and provides animal health service for the community.
• Coordinates the implementation of area wide integrated insect control technology in the mandate areas.
• Coordinates all field activities including stakeholder engagement and community awareness creation, sensitization, mobilization.
• Conduct T&T assessment, monitoring, evaluation and related field activities.
• Create strong working relationships with universities, and regional, zonal and district animal resource sectors.
• Expand and sustain areas that are free from T&T
• Make T&T free areas ready for crop-livestock production in consultation with concerned local government bodies.
• By conducting socioeconomic assessment, promote benefit obtained from the control of T&T.
• Strengthen integrated T&T control activities, increasing the production and productivity of livestock and contribute to ensuring food security and alleviating poverty and improving lives and livelihoods in the communities.