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Indoor spraying keeps away malaria

Isaac Otwii

June 06, 2018 |

Daily Monitor |

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Response Location: Uganda, Dokolo

Indoor Residual Spraying, or IRS, is reducing cases of malaria in Dokolo. The Ministry of Health and several foreign aid groups like the World Health Organization funded the service, which treats indoor areas where infected mosquitoes may land. The spray residue kills mosquitoes on contact. Dokolo used to see 3,500 reported cases of malaria weekly, but now they see fewer than 300.

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