Oct 21, 2004
Malaria has been a major killer disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Several measures have been adopted to eradicate mosquitoes, which cause the disease. The use of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) is one appraoch that has been advocated by experts as a panacea to the menace. Malaria has been estimated to cost Africa more than $12 billion every year. It affects between 300 to 500 million people annually with more than one million deaths. It affects mostly young children under the age of five and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa resulting to a death rate of nearly 3,000 people every day.
































