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Malaria In The Gambia: Insect Screens Cut Mosquito Numbers And Anaemia By Half

Published: Sept. 28, 2009, 11:36 a.m.

b'London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Audio News: \\n \\nMalaria In The Gambia: Insect Screens Cut Mosquito Numbers And Anaemia By Half \\n\\nIn research involving hundreds of houses in the town of Farafenni in The Gambia insect screens covering windows and openings were found to cut the numbers of mosquitoes indoors by 59 per cent. In addition the rates of childhood anaemia related to malaria in the houses being screened were halved in comparison to other homes not screened, according to findings recently published in the journal: The Lancet. Professor Steve Lindsay from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discussed the role of such screens for malaria control with Sarah Maxwell.'