Insecticide-treated mosquito net
Mosquitero tratado con insecticida
- Date
- c. 1988 · confidence low
- Place
- Gambia River valley, The Gambia
- Credited to
- Malaria researchers in West Africa
- Field
- Tools
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
A mosquito net impregnated with a pyrethroid such as permethrin that kills or repels any mosquito touching it, so it protects even when torn. Trials in The Gambia and other African countries showed that it reduced child deaths from malaria.
Pyrethroid-treated nets were trialled in China, The Gambia, Burkina Faso and other countries in the late 1980s and early 1990s; there is no single place or author, and the date is approximate.
What it led to
- reduced child mortality from malaria
- long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and mass distribution campaigns
- public health policies against malaria