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Use DDT to stop dreadful scale of illness caused by malaria

9. junio 2011

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Use DDT to stop dreadful scale of illness caused by malaria

Although for decades we have had the scientific knowledge and tools to control malaria, the disease continues to kill millions and inflict misery on families and communities. While many are pushing for an elimination of DDT, there is unequivocal evidence that this insecticide is a safe and affordable tool to prevent and control malaria.   Public health professionals will one day look back and be more than dismayed that we did not do enough to make optimal use of available tools, such as DDT, to stop the horrendous scale of death and illness caused by malaria. In Guyana, in the[...] 

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DDT: Un arma potente contra la malaria

25. mayo 2011

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DDT: Un arma potente contra la malaria

DDT a potent weapon against malaria Kelvin Kemm | 20 May 2011 World Malaria Day is celebrated in April each year. As this important day slips past unnoticed by most, it is worth pondering the disease for a while. I have had an interest in malaria for many years and, a few years ago, I was invited to write a chapter in a book published in London on Third World health. My chapter was on malaria and the wonder chemical DDT. I was amazed at what I found out when I really looked into the topic. DDT is not at all harmful, as so many activists have claimed. South Africa is currently a world leader[...] 

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