Essays about: "indoor residual spraying"

Found 2 essays containing the words indoor residual spraying.

1. 1. DDT: Misunderstood or Misrepresented? A critical discourse analysis of the competing claims on the safety and viability of DDT for combating malaria in Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Bianca Dunn-Rydh; [2017]
   Keywords : discourse analysis; malaria control; DDT; indoor residual spraying; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The symbolic elite discourse on the safety and viability of using the insecticide DDT for combating malaria in Africa is marked by extreme dissonance. While some positions within the debate on using DDT for malaria prevention are quite nuanced, others are more extreme if not one-dimensional. READ MORE

3. 2. Social acceptance of antimalarial strategies in Uganda

   University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

   Author : Hedvig Helldorff; [2008]
   Keywords : antimalarial strategies; caretakers; risk perception; social acceptance;

   Abstract : According to the World Health Organization(WHO) the most efficient and cost-effective strategies in the global fight of malaria are the Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) and the Insecticide Treated Nets ITNs). However, since the strategies include the use of synthetic insecticides, WHO reports that they sometimes meet opposition in the society. READ MORE