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Mosquito Nets not Preventing Malaria

The current manufactured insecticide mosquito nets have increased the rate at which malaria is being spread, due to the size of their holes. The holes are so large that the mosquitoes, bed bugs, and fleas easily pass through them to feed on their prey, and victims while they are  asleep.                  Baby sleeps under a mosquito net to safe guard against insect bites. In Uganda, most mosquito nets in circulation have holes of about 3mm, which is large enough for small insects to pass through, and fed on people who try to protect themselves from insect bite. These types of mosquito nets that come in different colors are remotely sold in super markets, shops, and street vending as a means of mass campaign of malaria prevention. This has increased the number of malaria related cases in homesteads that bought these mosquito nets to prevent themselves against malaria. According to the world malaria report 2012  World Health Malaria ...