Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "indoor residual spraying"
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DDT and malaria prevention: addressing the paradox
(Superintendent of Documents, 2011)Background The debate regarding dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in malaria prevention and human health is polarized and can be classified into three positions: anti-DDT, centrist-DDT, pro-DDT. Objective We ... -
Estimation of human body concentrations of DDT from indoor residual spraying for malaria control
(Elsevier, 2012)Inhabitants of dwellings treated with DDT for indoor residual spraying show high DDT levels in blood and breast milk. This is of concern since mothers transfer lipid-soluble contaminants such as DDT via breastfeeding to ... -
Halogenated pollutants in terrestrial and aquatic bird eggs: converging patterns of pollutant profiles, and impacts and risks from high levels
(ELSEVIER, 2013)We investigated the presence, levels, relationships, and risks of HCHs, DDTs, chlordanes, mirex, PCBs, and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in terrestrial and aquatic bird eggs from an area in South Africa where DDT is ... -
Implications for health education and intervention strategies arising from children's caregivers concerns following successful malaria control
(Elsevier, 2012)Malaria is still responsible for 10% of the total disease burden in Africa. This study was an empirical investigation addressing the extent to which, and the ways in which, sociocultural, family-based, demographic and ...