The study showed that people who slept under long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) had significantly lower rates of malaria infection than those who did not use a net, even though mosquitoes showed resistance to pyrethroids (the only insecticide class used in LLINs) in all of these areas.
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未竟之业
An unfinished agenda
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疟疾仍然是一个严重的公共卫生问题,特别对撒哈拉以南非洲而言。
Malaria remains an acute public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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据报告所述,2015年全世界有2.12亿疟疾新病例和42.9万例死亡。
According to the report, there were 212 million new cases of malaria and 429 000 deathsworldwide in 2015.
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疟疾核心控制工具的覆盖范围仍有很大欠缺。
There are still substantial gaps in the coverage of core malaria control tools.
In 2015, an estimated 43% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa was not protected by treated nets or indoor spraying with insecticides, the primary methods of malaria vector control.