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Health innovations. Using larvicide to prevent malaria /

A pilot study in Tanzania to help prevent malaria is identifying and targeting bodies of water where mosquitoes lay eggs. The larvae are then poisoned with larvicide and eventually die. Results show that in the six wards of Dar es Salaam where larvaciding took place, the density of adult mosquitoes...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : SW Pictures, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
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Mosquitoes > Larvae > Control > Tanzania.
Malaria > Tanzania > Prevention.
Malaria > Prevention
Tanzania
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Summary:A pilot study in Tanzania to help prevent malaria is identifying and targeting bodies of water where mosquitoes lay eggs. The larvae are then poisoned with larvicide and eventually die. Results show that in the six wards of Dar es Salaam where larvaciding took place, the density of adult mosquitoes fell by 57%.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 07, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (3 minutes)
Playing Time:00:03:07