Madagascar distributes mosquito repellents to fight malaria
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The Malagasy state, with support from the United States government, began distributing spatial repellents in Morondava on October 19 to bolster malaria prevention.
The project will install 100,000 devices in 29,000 homes across five communes, protecting 120,000 people. Officials emphasized that these repellents supplement, but do not replace, mosquito nets, which are already present in homes. The devices release a slow-acting, invisible product that repels and kills mosquitoes indoors for up to one year.
Madagascar is one of only six countries worldwide using this strategy, funded through the US President’s Malaria Initiative Evolve project. The campaign will continue to October 28, with a goal of reaching over 95% of homes before the rainy season brings a peak in malaria transmission between December and April.
