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Rwanda: Use of Drones in Malaria Fight to Begin With Gasabo
New Times, 13 August 2019
Rwanda will by the end of this month start using drones in spraying mosquito prone areas as it steps up efforts to eliminate malaria. Read more »
Drone and manual spraying initiatives will supplement the measures taken to fight the disease - this include the distribution of bed nets, malaria case management in communities where health workers are equipped to screen and treat malaria, as well as the indoor residual spraying in malaria-prone districts.
A drone sprays pesticides in a potato farm in Gataraga Sector, Musanze District.
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