Bed nets deadly to mosquitoes combats malaria

[Still Waters]

A bed net designed to kill insecticide-resistant mosquitoes could prevent millions of cases of malaria across sub-Saharan Africa, scientists have found.

A two-year clinical trial in Burkina Faso showed that dousing bed nets with a combination of chemicals resulted in a 12% reduction in clinical malaria cases, compared with conventional bed nets.

The findings, published this week in the Lancet, demonstrate a “big step forward” in the fight against malaria in Africa, which is home to 91% of all malarial deaths worldwide, said Professor Steve Lindsay of the department of biosciences at Durham University, who worked on the study.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/11/scientists-hail-malaria-breakthrough-bed-nets-deadly-to-mosquitoes-burkina-faso-trial