UNC study: Insecticide-treated bed nets reduce infant deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo
Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 02:56
in Health & Medicine
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Giving insecticide-treated bed nets to nearly 18,000 mothers at prenatal clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevented an estimated 414 infant deaths from malaria, a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers concludes.