Carrying Babies In Cloth Treated With Insecticide Reduces Malaria Cases

Applying an insecticide treatment used for soldiers’ uniforms to the cloths used to carry babies significantly reduced the incidence of malaria in the children, researchers found.

The six-month study conducted in regions of Uganda where malaria is endemic included 400 mothers and their babies, ages 6 months to 18 months.

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Carrying Babies In Cloth Treated With Insecticide Reduces Malaria Cases

Applying an insecticide treatment used for soldiers’ uniforms to the cloths used to carry babies significantly reduced the incidence of malaria in the children, researchers found.

The six-month study conducted in regions of Uganda where malaria is endemic included 400 mothers and their babies, ages 6 months to 18 months.

Continue reading to learn more about using treating cloth to carry babies, written by Reuters.

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Jerusalem Post: Carrying Babies In Cloth Treated With Insecticide Reduces Malaria Cases

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Carrying Babies In Cloth Treated With Insecticide Reduces Malaria Cases

Applying an insecticide treatment used for soldiers’ uniforms to the cloths used to carry babies significantly reduced the incidence of malaria in the children, researchers found.

The six-month study conducted in regions of Uganda where malaria is endemic included 400 mothers and their babies, ages 6 months to 18 months.

Continue reading to learn more about using treating cloth to carry babies, written by Reuters.

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