Mosquitoes exposed to the newly developed compounds show reduced malarial parasite growth even when infected four days later.

Researchers have identified a type of chemical compound that, when applied to insecticide-treated bed nets, appears to kill ...

“If an infected mosquito hits or lands on netting containing either of the ELQs, it’s essentially disinfected. It absorbs the treatment via its legs, and that kills the parasites that it’s carrying,” ...

The chemical compound blocks malaria parasite transmission in mosquitoes without contributing to insecticide resistance.

Mosquito nets are low-cost weapons in the war on malaria, but the biting bugs have become resistant to the insecticides used ...

Every family member is advised by the Ministry of Health to sleep under a treated mosquito net to reduce the spread. Vaccines to protect children living in high-risk malaria areas have also been ...

Treated bed nets are no longer effective in controlling mosquito carrying malaria parasites, according to a 12-year study. Medical researchers at the Kenya Research Institute (KEMRI) had found ...

This is despite the efforts by the Ministry of Health to distribute free nets to those living in malaria-prone areas since 2015. • The report data indicated that ownership of ITN’s was high in ...