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Malaria: The Sting of Death--Net Gains for Africa. 

 -  Los Angeles Times,  2005. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.  Article 77,  Global Issues,  1522-3221; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.  Originally Published: Malaria: The Sting of Death--Net Gains for Africa, Aug. 7, 2005; pp. M4. 
<br/><br/> "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." 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3221; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Communicable diseases--Prevention<br/>Malaria--Africa<br/>Malaria--Treatment<br/>Mosquito nets<br/>Public health--Africa
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050