Move against malaria
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The US Agency for International Development (USAID), which had banned the use of the insecticide dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane in 1972 amid fears of adverse environmental consequences, made a policy change to endorse the spraying of the insecticide inside houses, as part of efforts to control malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, on May 2, 2006. The policy change could prove to be one of themost effective decisions of the past few decades in the battle against malaria.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2006
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Know thine enemy
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A parasite infects red blood cells, feeds on hemoglobin, and eventually destroys the cells, often resulting in severe anaemia. The deadliest of the malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum has originated more than 1,00,000 years ago has being a main cause for malaria in Africa.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2004
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