Health Rounds: Carrying Babies In Cloth Treated With Insecticide Reduces Malaria Cases

Dec 17 (Reuters)- Applying an insecticide treatment used for soldiers’ uniforms to the cloths used to carry babies significantly reduced 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. Half were randomly assigned to use cotton cloth wraps treated with Sawyer Products’ permethrin, while the others received cloths treated with plain water as a control group. The wraps underwent retreatment every 4 weeks.

Continue reading to learn more about the impact of treating cloths for carrying babies, written by Nancy Lapid.

Reuters: Health Rounds: Carrying Babies In Cloth Treated With Insecticide Reduces Malaria Cases

Health Rounds: Carrying Babies In Cloth Treated With Insecticide Reduces Malaria Cases

Dec 17 (Reuters)- Applying an insecticide treatment used for soldiers’ uniforms to the cloths used to carry babies significantly reduced 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. Half were randomly assigned to use cotton cloth wraps treated with Sawyer Products’ permethrin, while the others received cloths treated with plain water as a control group. The wraps underwent retreatment every 4 weeks.

Continue reading to learn more about the impact of treating cloths for carrying babies, written by Nancy Lapid.

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Reuters: Health Rounds: Carrying Babies In Cloth Treated With Insecticide Reduces Malaria Cases

Health Rounds: Carrying Babies In Cloth Treated With Insecticide Reduces Malaria Cases

Dec 17 (Reuters)- Applying an insecticide treatment used for soldiers’ uniforms to the cloths used to carry babies significantly reduced 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. Half were randomly assigned to use cotton cloth wraps treated with Sawyer Products’ permethrin, while the others received cloths treated with plain water as a control group. The wraps underwent retreatment every 4 weeks.

Continue reading to learn more about the impact of treating cloths for carrying babies, written by Nancy Lapid.

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Reporter and Editor
Nancy Lapid
Nancy has been a health news reporter and editor at Reuters for more than a decade, covering important medical research advances.
Medya Mansyone
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