04 May 2017 | Stories

Saving lives with new insecticides to fight malaria — a photo story

Saving lives with new insecticides to fight malaria — a photo story

Malaria affects millions of people worldwide, but Africa is the most severely affected. A child dies every 2 minutes of malaria and new tools are desperately needed to fight the growing threat of insecticide resistance. Unitaid is funding a project with the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) to make new, long-lasting insecticides for indoor spraying more affordable to African malaria programmes and their partners.

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