The world is losing its fight against malaria, a disease that has a devastating toll in Asia and Africa and is showing up in developed countries like the US. A single business decision taken by one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of bed nets more than 10 years ago has exacerbated the…
(Bloomberg) The world is losing its fight against malaria, a disease that has a devastating toll in Asia and Africa and is showing up in developed countries like the US. A single business decision taken by one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of bed nets more than 10 years ago has exacerbated the situation.Most Read from BloombergNvidia Surges After AI Boom Shows No Signs of Letting UpTech Up in Late Hours on Nvidia’s Bullish Outlook: Markets WrapBiden Touts $1.2 Billion in Student Loan R
LITTLE PROTECTION: The sub-standard nets were sent to Kenya in 2017 and 2018. • In Kenya, approximately 14.9 million substandard mosquito nets were distributed countrywide in 2017 and 2018, the Global Fund says.• The nets sent to Kenya tear off easily, and might not kill or disable mosquitoes. Millions of Kenyans were issued with substandard mosquito nets between 2017 and 2019, an investigation by Global Fund has established.The nets are partly.