The researchers found that bed-net use was associated with up to 32% lower malaria rates in children. However, bed-nets were only effective in areas where forests remained over 50% intact.

(Beyond Pesticides, January 5, 2022) The use of insecticidal bed nets (IBNs) to prevent mosquito bites in malaria-endemic communities can result in resistance developing in secondary pests like bed ...

Last year almost half of people at risk of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa had access to bed nets, compared to just three percent in 2004, according to the WHO, while 55 million people, seven ...

Faulty bed nets have contributed to a worrying rise in infections. Governments should act to fix the problem — and work to eliminate the disease for good.

Spraying insecticides indoors offers children no additional protection from malaria when bed nets are used, a study said on Tuesday, as malaria cases and deaths worldwide continue to fall.

We need new ways to fight mosquitoes. Dangerous species are spreading to new parts of the world, bringing diseases like malaria and dengue with them. Our old weapons, such as bed nets and ...

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