Insecticide-treated bed nets and curtains for preventing malaria.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2004
Document Type:
Literature Review
Theme:
Health
Authors:
Lengeler, C.

Abstract

Insecticide-treated nets can reduce deaths in children by one fifth and episodes of malaria by half. Sleeping under mosquito nets treated with insecticide aims to prevent malaria in areas where the infection is common. They are widely promoted by international agencies and governments to reduce the bad effects of malaria on health. This review showed that good quality studies of impregnated nets markedly reduce child deaths and illnesses from malaria.

Citation

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD000363. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000363.pub2.

Insecticide-treated bed nets and curtains for preventing malaria.

Published 1 January 2004
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