Researchers have developed a new type of bed net with a specific combination of an insecticide and insect growth regulator that could prevent millions of cases of malaria. The novel net, detailed in the journal The Lancet, contains a pyrethroid insecticide, which repels and kills the mosquitoes, and an insect growth regulator, pyriproxyfen, which shortens the lives of mosquitoes and reduces their ability to reproduce. This new type of mosquito net reduced the number of cases of clinical malaria by 12%compared with conventional nets.
There was also a 51% reduction in risk of malaria infective mosquito bite. Children using the new bed nets were 52% less likely to be moderately anemic, which is a major cause of mortality in children under two years, the research showed. The principal investigator from the CNRFP in Africa said this new invaluable tool would enable us to tackle more…
