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Net gains against malaria: A decades-long battle with insecticide-resistant mosquitos
by Melanie Brooks
25 April 2023
Hassana Sa-adu stands with her children, holding a mosquito net they received during a door-to-door distribution campaign in Gabasawa, Nigeria. © The Global Fund / Andrew Esiebo / Panos
This is a story of innovation and new tools in the fight against malaria. From the discovery of insecticide resistance all the way through to the creation, testing, funding, roll-out and approval of a new mosquito net.