Browsing by Subject "DDT"

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    • Is DDT Safe? Considering Its Use For Malaria Control in Uganda 

      Tren, Richard; Urbach, Jasson; Zambone, Jennifer; Bate, Roger (Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-08)
      The insecticide DDT has been very successfully used for many years in malaria control programmes around the world. We assess the validity of the allegations that DDT is harmful to human health and the environment and find ...

    • Malaria and DDT: Myths and Facts 

      Murru, Maurizio (Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-08)
      Around the world, about 2,400 million people, in about 100 countries and territories, are still at risk of contracting Malaria. Between 300 and 500 million of them get the disease each year and between 1.1 and 2.7 million ...