Malaria

Spraying Livestock May Help Fight Disease In South Asia

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 3rd, 2001

New research suggests that sponging down cattle with insecticide instead of spraying it in homes is 80% cheaper and could save lives when sudden malaria epidemics hit south Asia and some parts of Africa.

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in those regions feed primarily on cattle before biting humans, and people often share their homes with livestock. In a study reported in The Lancet, cases of the disease in a refugee settlement in Pakistan where malaria was rampant dropped from one in four people every year to one in 100 people a year when insecticide was sponged onto cows instead of sprayed indoors. Elsewhere, in settlements where malaria was not so rife, cases...

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