Malaria kills over one million children a year in Africa, more than any other disease. Last September the World Health Organisation (WHO) released new policy guidelines for malaria control that call ...

Constant pressure from concerned scientists and public interest groups appears to be paying off for the people of Africa, as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has endorsed the ...

* U.N. seeks outlaw DDT pesticide by around 2020 * Also aim to combat malaria, still controlled by DDT * Non-DDT schemes cut malaria rates in Latin America OSLO, May 6 (Reuters) - The United Nations ...

Some one million African, Asian, and Latin American lives could be saved annually by the substance blamed for the near-extinction of the bald eagle. The Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Treaty, ...

The President’s decision in June to spend an additional $1.2 billion over five years to halve the cases of malaria around the world was very welcome. Sadly, this noble gesture may be worth less than ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 8, 2020) Efforts to control the transmission of malaria are encountering a big, though predictable, problem: the mosquitoes that transmit malaria are developing resistance to ...

Malaria is the second-leading cause of death in Africa after AIDS. After South Africa stopped using DDT against the disease in 1996 malaria cases climbed steadily -- from 11,000 in 1997 to 42,000 just ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Six years after the insect killer DDT was globally outlawed on grounds of environmental damage, two researchers say there are new reasons for doubting the chemical is harmful and ...

The World Health Organization is poised to promote broader use of the controversial pesticide DDT in the battle against malaria. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Our story is about a pesticide. People are often worried about pesticides because they are toxic chemicals. Pesticides are toxic, so that they can kill things — like bugs. DDT is a bug spray. It was ...

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