Malaria: The Sting of Death--Net Gains for Africa. .
by ; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 77Global Issues. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Communicable diseases -- Prevention | Malaria -- Africa | Malaria -- Treatment | Mosquito nets | Public health -- AfricaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Today's weapon of choice in the war on malaria is a net treated with biodegradable pyrethroid insecticide. The net works not so much because it forms a foolproof barrier against mosquitoes--it doesn't--but because the insecticide kills the bugs. The most astounding results come when treated nets multiply across a village. When net use reaches a tipping point of about 60% of households, they kill enough mosquitoes that the protective benefits extend even to the households without nets....It sounds so simple. Except it's not." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article is the fourth in a series on malaria from The Los Angeles Times and discusses the issues caught in those mosquito nets: the debate over pricing in which some hold that the nets should be given away for free; the only two authorized net manufacturers not meeting demand; distribution of the nets and education, or "unlearning the lessons of generations that malaria is a mysterious and unavoidable fact of life."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Malaria: The Sting of Death--Net Gains for Africa, Aug. 7, 2005; pp. M4.
"Today's weapon of choice in the war on malaria is a net treated with biodegradable pyrethroid insecticide. The net works not so much because it forms a foolproof barrier against mosquitoes--it doesn't--but because the insecticide kills the bugs. The most astounding results come when treated nets multiply across a village. When net use reaches a tipping point of about 60% of households, they kill enough mosquitoes that the protective benefits extend even to the households without nets....It sounds so simple. Except it's not." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article is the fourth in a series on malaria from The Los Angeles Times and discusses the issues caught in those mosquito nets: the debate over pricing in which some hold that the nets should be given away for free; the only two authorized net manufacturers not meeting demand; distribution of the nets and education, or "unlearning the lessons of generations that malaria is a mysterious and unavoidable fact of life."
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