Mosquito nets treated with insecticide, slept under in places where malaria is present. Together with indoor residual spraying they are one of the two core vector control interventions in malaria control and elimination strategies, highly effective in preventing infection and reducing disease transmission. Their effect is threatened by emerging resistance to insecticides among Anopheles mosquitoes, and new generation nets that provide better protection against malaria than pyrethroid only nets are becoming more widely available.
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Origin YearThe source dates this to the 1980s decade rather than a single year, crediting P. Carnevale's field trials in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; 1980 is used as the decade's own first year. Practice ClassPublic health, vector control 1 Classification
Practice ClassPreventive or Public Health Practice 1 Connections
Associated With
The vaccines reach their highest impact when introduced alongside other recommended malaria interventions such as bed nets.
Source World Health Organization Official Site
Source World Health Organization Official Site
The World Health Organization names insecticide treated nets as one of the two core vector control interventions in its malaria control and elimination strategies.
Source World Health Organization Official Site
In Branch
Source World Health Organization Official Site
Sources
1. World Health Organization Official Site
World Health OrganizationMalaria fact sheet
Vector control is a vital component of malaria control and elimination strategies as it is highly effective in preventing infection and reducing disease transmission.
Global Malaria Programme, vector control, ITN scale-up
From 2000 through 2020, the percentage of the entire at-risk population sleeping under an ITN increased from 2% to 52%.
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Mosquito nets treated with insecticide, slept under in places where malaria is present.
- Associated With: Indoor Residual Spraying, Fact sheet: Malaria, core interventions
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Bed Net
History sectionQuote, History section
Mosquito nets treated with insecticides, known as insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) or bednets, were developed and tested in the 1980s for malaria prevention by P. Carnevale and his team in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
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