Uganda asked to review anti-mosquito insecticides
Feb 25, 2010
UGANDA needs to carry out a study to establish the effectiveness of insecticides used to treat mosquito nets, a vector control specialist from the malaria consortium has said.
By Raymond Baguma
UGANDA needs to carry out a study to establish the effectiveness of insecticides used to treat mosquito nets, a vector control specialist from the malaria consortium has said.
Dr. Natasha Protopopoff said evidence elsewhere in Africa revealed that mosquitoes were resistant to the pyrethroid chemicals used in the mosquito-net treatment.
Malaria Consortium is an international non-governmental organisation fighting malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases in Uganda.
Protopopoff was speaking during a meeting organised at Sheraton Hotel in Kampala to mark the closure of the AFFORD malaria project last week.
The five-year initiative was funded by USAID, the President’s malaria initiative and implemented by Malaria Consortium.
Dr. Jackson Amone, the assistant commissioner for integrated curative services, said although malaria is a killer disease, the cost of anti-malarial drugs remains high.
“We need better preventive measures such as educating the people on malaria and the distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets,†Amone said.
UGANDA needs to carry out a study to establish the effectiveness of insecticides used to treat mosquito nets, a vector control specialist from the malaria consortium has said.
Dr. Natasha Protopopoff said evidence elsewhere in Africa revealed that mosquitoes were resistant to the pyrethroid chemicals used in the mosquito-net treatment.
Malaria Consortium is an international non-governmental organisation fighting malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases in Uganda.
Protopopoff was speaking during a meeting organised at Sheraton Hotel in Kampala to mark the closure of the AFFORD malaria project last week.
The five-year initiative was funded by USAID, the President’s malaria initiative and implemented by Malaria Consortium.
Dr. Jackson Amone, the assistant commissioner for integrated curative services, said although malaria is a killer disease, the cost of anti-malarial drugs remains high.
“We need better preventive measures such as educating the people on malaria and the distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets,†Amone said.