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An estimated 250 million nets at $10 a piece are needed to achieve the current UN goal of 80% coverage in high risk groups - pregnant women and children under five. UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon has raised the bar calling for universal coverage with nets by 2010 as part of his plan to […]
Monitoring insecticide resistance in malaria control
0 Comments Published May 2nd, 2008 in Vector control, SurveillanceAs large scale distributions of insecticide treated bed-nets continue, the selection pressure for insecticide resistance increases. Insecticide resistance, particularly to DDT, helped destroy the malaria control efforts of many countries in the 1960s-70s. Monitoring insecticide resistance is part and parcel of any indoor residual spraying (IRS) program, and is arguably even more important for bed-nets. […]
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