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You're absolutely right, Cornel. It's intriguing why such a low-cost, high-efficiency technology gets so underutilised. In Goa, everything else seems to have been thought of -- the controversial Deltamethrin, using fish, other bio-environmental methods, inspections, involving school kids in awareness drives, presumptive treatment for any fevers in the malaria belt, etc -- except a thorough use of mosquito nets.
It's also true that people tend to use the fan to keep mosquitos away. Not necessarily a very efficient way of doing things though.
That's why sharing ideas over the Net can bring little-noticed perspectives to the fore. FN
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, cornel wrote:
Fred,
Re the malaria issue in Goa, I have invariably been puzzled that obtaining mosquito nets and using them properly seems alien in Goa. Most hotels in Goa, for instance, rely on AC and the ceiling fan to unsettle the mosquito and simply refuse to make mosquito nets available. I have had to purchase mosquito nets (from camping gear shops) in London and use them in Goa with a young family in the past. Yet, most middle class homes had mosquito nets in East Africa and malaria was kept at bay, as much as possible, as long as fifty years ago.
Although not fool-proof, and usable at dusk before bedtime, why the non use of the mosquito net in bedrooms in Goa when malaria is seemingly rife?
Latterly, I had discovered that suitable nets were available in Margao some years ago.
Cornel
