WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Mosquitoes that carry malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever avoid homes that have been sprayed with DDT, researchers reported on Wednesday. The chemical not only repels ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization reversed a 30-year-old policy yesterday and declared its support for indoor use of the pesticide DDT to control mosquitoes in regions where malaria is a major health ...

» Will man’s extensive use of DDT upset the balance of nature in our forests, fields, arid streams? FROM ancient times diseases conveyed by insects have been the main cause of casualties in military ...

Women who lived in villages sprayed with DDT to reduce malaria gave birth to 33 per cent more baby boys with urogenital birth defects (UGBD) between 2004 and 2006 than women in unsprayed villages, ...

A new report which can be found here makes a devastating and overwhelming case that DDT spraying can save hundreds of thousands of lives every year and that UN and other NGO opposition to it is, as ...

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 ...

Vice President Gilbert Bukenya has backed the indoor-residual spray of DDT, saying it's the best way to eradicate malaria in Wakiso District. "I support the spray of any drug including DDT in the ...