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MALARIA CONTROL AND CHILD MORTALITY IN SUB-SAHARAN ...

‘Along with other key child survival interventions, increased ITNs/IRS coverage has significantly contributed to child mortality reduction since 2002. ITN/IRS scale-up can be more efficiently prioritized to countries where malaria is a major ca ... read more

GLOBAL USE OF INSECTICIDES FOR VECTOR-BORNE DISEAS ...

The first of these two WHO reports is a multiyear review of the use of insecticides – primarily through the use of IRS (indoor residual spraying) and of LLINs – in vector control, especially against malaria and leishmaniasis. There is a ... read more

EFFICACY OF RTS,S MALARIA VACCINE GIVEN WITH EPI V ...

·         EFFICACY OF RTS,S MALARIA VACCINE GIVEN WITH EPI VACCINES This discussion article, also accessible online at http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(11)70186-4/fulltext ... read more

FUNGAL BIOPESTICIDES

FUNGAL BIOPESTICIDES ‘transient exposure to clay tiles sprayed with a candidate biopesticide comprising spores of a natural isolate of Beauveria bassiana, could reduce malaria transmission potential to zero within a feeding cycle.’&n ... read more

CLAIMS OF ITN MISUSE

CLAIMS OF ITN MISUSE Claims about the Misuse of Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets: Are These Evidence-Based? Thomas Eisele and colleagues dispute reports in the media and elsewhere that insecticide-treated nets are not widely used, or are misus ... read more

NET BENEFITS

NET BENEFITS From the editors’ summary: ‘the pooled relative reduction in mortality between 1 month and 5 years old associated with household ITN ownership was 23%.’ Abstract and editors’ summary below; full text, with f ... read more

AFRICAN MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS DELIVER ITNs AND ...

AFRICAN MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS DELIVER ITNS AND ACHIEVE WHAT THE CLINICAL TRIALS PREDICTED Thomas Eisele and Richard Steketee discuss new research in PLoS Medicine by Stephen Lim and colleagues that examined the association of insecticide-trea ... read more

PREDICTORS OF BEDNET USE IN GHANA

·         PREDICTORS OF NET USE IN GHANA Carol A Baume and Ana Claudia Franca Koh   ‘The results of this study suggest that net use would increase in Ghana if coloured nets were made ... read more