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December 2004
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KCM, BP Launch Malaria Control Exercise -
Times of Zambia
Good news for malaria control in Zambia as BP is partnering with Konkola Copper Mines in malaria control. KCM is behind one of the most successful malaria control programmes in the country and relies mostly on indoor residual spraying with DDT. |
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DDT Spray to Start in 2005 -
F Ahimbisibwe - New Vision
Good news for Uganda - lets hope it actually happens and that the anti-DDT crowd don't stick their collective oar in. |
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AFM Statement on Malaria and Zimbabwe -
AFM
AFM's Richard Tren recently returned from Zimbabwe where he helped with public relations over the introduction of DDT into the country's malaria control programme. While using DDT is a good move, malaria control is overshadowed by the country's odious politics. Read AFM's statement on malaria control, healthcare and Zimbabwe. |
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Brown criticised on malaria cash -
Sarah Boseley - The Guardian
Nick White and Bob Snow, among the world's most respected malaria scientists criticise Chancellor of the Exchequer Brown's promoise to purchase 300m doses of a potential GSK vaccine. They rightly point out that you can save lives right now by buying drugs and bed nets. White and Snow are dead right, though they forgot to mention that the most spectacular declines in malaira cases have been achieved through indoor residual spraying with insecticides. |
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Politics of DDT in the Era of Multi-Drug Resistant Malaria -
Dr Samson Kibende
Dr Kibende writes "The science is unequivocal about the cost effectiveness of DDT in malarial control. The banning of DDT was purely for political reasons. Therefore the resumption of its use can only be politically decided. "
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NEMA Consultants Back DDT for Malaria -
New Vision
Some good news from Uganda - the enviroment agency's consultants back the use of DDT. This move will surely take the Department of Health one step closer to using DDT in indoor residual spraying and one step closer to saving more lives. |
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Malaria Keeps Family in Poverty Cycle -
Evans Ongwae
Malaria keeps people poor - how true. Indoor residual spraying is an effective way or reducing malaria; this can improve productivity and help people break out of poverty. Unfortunately state policies are more effective at keeping people poor than malaria - rich states reject insecticide spraying and many poor states reject market reform that is necessary for economic growth. |
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No Hope for GM Mosquito -
Kikonyogo Ngatya - New Vision
No surprise here - GM mosquitoes seem rather fanciful and a waste of resources when one considers that lives can be saved right now with indoor residual spraying using insecticides like DDT. |
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No Hope for GM Mosquito
New Vision (Kampala)
NEWS
November 30, 2023
Posted to the web November 30, 2023
By Kikonyogo Ngatya
Kampala
UGANDA has lost hope of using a genetically modified (GM) mosquito in the fight against malaria, Tom Byembabazi, a vector control officer with the Ministry of Health has said.
He said it is 'practically impossible' to use a GM mosquito because the malaria-causing mosquitoes are spread throughout the country.
"Such an option would be feasible in a country where mosquitoes are not all over the place," he said.
Byembabazi said researchers at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) have been working on the project together with their international counterparts.
"There is no immediate hope to use the GM mosquito. Maybe in the future. We do not know when," he said. Using GM mosquitoes is one of the ways being advanced against fighting malaria.
The GM mosquitoes, which are unable to transmit malaria, are released into the wild to outcompete the natural ones.
ALLAFRICA.COM
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