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Letter: Other barriers on the road to eradicating malaria

Published 2 June 2021

From Carole Mooney, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, UK

Regarding the work to eradicate malaria 1 May, p 44. My husband was in Uganda a few years ago, and while talking to village elders in a lakeside area, they told him of their frustration with the bed net roll-out. They said that although families had been issued nets, many used them for fishing. It seems they had a choice between going hungry or avoiding malaria. Something else to be considered?

Issue no. 3337 published 5 June 2021

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