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Malaria: Insecticide-treated netting really can save children
[mis à jour le 28 April 2004 à 15h18]
Insecticide-treated mosquito netting represents a truly effective protection against malaria. According to a study published in the Bulletin of the WHO, they should decrease infant mortality by 19% to 24%.
British and Burkina Faso researchers have studied the impact of this netting within the rural population of approximately 100,000 people in Burkina Faso. Two population censuses were carried out, in 1993 and 2000, to evaluate infant mortality.
Thus the authors discovered that installing insecticide-treated curtains in dwellings had decreased infant mortality by 19% to 24%. Moreover, they noted that this reduction in infant mortality was not accompanied by delayed mortality in older children.
Not surprisingly, this study confirms that this is definitely one of the most effective available weapons in the fight against malaria. Unfortunately, in many developing countries, the cost of mosquito netting remains a real obstacle to prevention. Paradoxically, these high prices are often the result of… local taxation policies. Ironic, isn’t it?
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