Government spraying mosquitoes
Jun 16, 2006
The Government has started the national indoor residue spraying of mosquitoes to curb malaria, the Ministry of Health has said.
By Anne Mugisa
The Government has started the national indoor residue spraying of mosquitoes to curb malaria, the Ministry of Health has said.
The drug being used, however, is not the controversial DDT, whose protective duration lasts a year, but another called ICON, which lasts four months.
The ministry also said African ministers of health are to meet next week in Brazzaville to revisit DDT use for malaria control.
The meeting will take place from June 21 to 23, according to Dr. Myers Lugemwa of the ministry's Malaria Control Programme.
The ICON spraying programme being carried out with the help of President Bush’s Presidential Malarial Initiative is initially targeting 16 malaria epidemic areas, starting with Kabale district.
Lugemwa said other places would be handled after the epidemic areas.
He said yesterday the spraying started earlier this month in Maziba sub-county in Kabale and by June 19, the whole district will be covered.
Other districts classified under epidemic areas include Sironko, kapchorwa, Kisoro, Kanungu, Rukungiri, Mbale, Kabarole and Kasese.
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The Government has started the national indoor residue spraying of mosquitoes to curb malaria, the Ministry of Health has said.
The drug being used, however, is not the controversial DDT, whose protective duration lasts a year, but another called ICON, which lasts four months.
The ministry also said African ministers of health are to meet next week in Brazzaville to revisit DDT use for malaria control.
The meeting will take place from June 21 to 23, according to Dr. Myers Lugemwa of the ministry's Malaria Control Programme.
The ICON spraying programme being carried out with the help of President Bush’s Presidential Malarial Initiative is initially targeting 16 malaria epidemic areas, starting with Kabale district.
Lugemwa said other places would be handled after the epidemic areas.
He said yesterday the spraying started earlier this month in Maziba sub-county in Kabale and by June 19, the whole district will be covered.
Other districts classified under epidemic areas include Sironko, kapchorwa, Kisoro, Kanungu, Rukungiri, Mbale, Kabarole and Kasese.
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