/ 19 March 1999

BEAT A MOZZIE, GET A NET

A FOUR-DAY Durban conference on Malaria, which ended on Thursday, has concluded that the best technology for dealing with the disease is an insecticide soaked mosquito net. The malaria parasite has developed strains resistant to established drugs like Chloroquine and a vaccine may be decades away. In Tanzania, where 42-million nets have been distributed, there has been a 60% reduction in the infection rate, British researchers told the conference.