Mosquito Nets must be valued not only for the comfortable sleep but also for keeping all forms of diseases away. From dengue to chikungunya, mosquitoes are the main source of them. No matter even if ...

Low-tech mosquito bed nets which physically block mosquito biting and usage of deadly insecticides to kill the mosquitoes were considered strongest weapons against malaria. With widespread use of this ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In regions of the world threatened by malaria, bed nets treated with insecticides are an increasingly common public health tool to fend off ...

Malaria remains one of the world’s great scourges, striking more than 500 million people every year. The groups most at risk are pregnant women and children younger than five years old. In sub-Saharan ...

It sounds like a contradiction, but it’s true: Insecticide-treated mosquito nets are effective even against some insecticide-resistant mosquitoes, a new study shows. Mosquito nets treated with ...

A hybrid mosquito, resulting from interbreeding of two malaria mosquitoes, now has the ability to survive the insecticides used to treat bed nets -- which have been key to preventing the spread of ...

In many parts of the world, insecticide-impregnated bed nets are utilized not just to keep malaria-carrying mosquitoes from biting, but also to kill them. A new study now shows that such nets could be ...

Ruth Uwamahoro clutched her toddler son tight. The strength of the small boy’s fever burned against the skin of her arms. It was a cool July morning atop the rolling hills of Rwanda’s Rwamagana ...

In areas of the world where malaria is rampant, mosquito nets save lives, especially treated mosquito nets. In recent decades, the mass distribution of bed nets treated with insecticides has played a ...

Not only do bed nets help protect people against mosquito bites, but if those nets are treated with an insecticide, they also kill any of the insects that touch them. A simple new technology could ...

Six companies, including some from Rwanda, have expressed interest in setting up a plant to produce medicated mosquito bed nets to be distributed in the country, a senior official in the Ministry of ...

For decades, one of the strongest weapons against malaria has been a one-two punch: low-tech mosquito bed nets to physically block biting, treated with deadly insecticides to kill the mosquitoes. With ...