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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers specializing in malaria treatment and prevention have cautioned that the reintroduction of the insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, could cause significant harm and, more concerningly, fail to help the country eliminate malaria. Dr. Adoke Yeka researcher who has studied antimalarial treatment and …

By Ellady Muyambi Prof. George Kirya ignores evidence from Mexico, Vietnam, and Kenya that shows how malaria can be eradicated without using DDT. I was compelled to write this article after reading an opinion titled “DDT use would save many lives in Uganda” published in the New Vision of June …