Combining insecticide spraying and bed nets no more protective against malaria than nets alone
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 16:32
in Mathematics & Economics
The combined use of spraying insecticide inside homes and insecticide-treated bed nets is no better at protecting children against malaria than using bed nets alone, a study in The Gambia suggests. The findings should encourage donors to invest their limited resources in additional bed nets, the more cost-effective solution to tackling malaria, authors say.