Two main methods are key for preventing malaria and these include bed net use and indoor spraying with insecticides. However, with the increased switching in mosquito behaviour from indoor to outdoor biting and changes in biting time (dawn and at dusk) these are not enough as these outdoor mosquitoes are left untargeted. For elimination to be achieved, new and innovative techniques are more than needed to complement bednets and indoor spraying.
04/21/21
Iowa City leaders on campus and in government reacted to the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict Tuesday, saying that although justice was served in this case, there’s still a need for continued action.
The Daily Iowan reports that Mayor Bruce Teague opened last night’s City Council meeting by supporting the verdict and citing moves the Council has made regarding police reform in the city.
Teague added that the people of Iowa City expect better, and Iowa City Police expect better of themselves in comparison to some other cities around the country.
Mohammad Traore of the city’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission told the Daily Iowan that the verdict shows the need for pushing local governments and institutions to make changes. He added that while people consider the verdict justice, he didn’t feel that way. He’s quoted in the interview as saying, “I don’t see equality and fairness in George Floyd not being with his family and not being with his community.”
04/12/21
After appointing someone who requested that their name be taken out of consideration for the post, and another member resigning, the Iowa City City Council appointed two new members to the city’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The commission had been suspended after a contentious few months. Their last meeting ended with chair Royceann Porter, Vice-Chair T’Shailyn Harrington, commissioner Anthony Curran and, eventually, commissioner Raneem Hamad resigning.
Last week, the Council unanimously selected Wangui Gathua, David Borger Germann, Chastity Dillard and Clinton Johnson to join the commission out of field of 27 applicants. Germann was appointed but due to what the city says is a software glitch, they were unaware that he had taken his name out of consideration for the position.