Mosquito net

across the smooth wooden planked floor of the open living room, past her family members comfortably asleep inside their mosquito net and down the dark hallway. Stopping in front of a closed door she gently pushed it open and we entered. Through an open window the moonlight spread across the room like long shadowy fingers and in the corner suspended from the ceiling was a mosquito net that shrouded a mattress which lay on the…

Bed nets are used as a protective barrier for when people are sleeping. The insecticides kill and repel mosquitos, as well as other insects. This would also reduce the number of mosquitoes entering houses and decreases the lifespan of mosquitoes. Several companies have started developing bed nets that last for 3 years, even after getting it washed. Another way could be using Indoor Residual Spraying…

234 pregnant women tested positive in the U.S alone.Other cases were discovered in one hundred and eighty-nine other territories in the U.S and the District of Colombia. According to the experts in the CDC,Zika is an infection that is provoked by mosquito bites.And when a pregnant woman is bitten,the virus causes her developing fetus to have microcephaly. This is a case where the baby’s skull is too small and abnormal,and this might be accompanied by brain defects.The virus is also sexually…

In today’s world, over 120 million people are infected with a disease called lymphatic filariasis. From these 120 million people, over 40 million of them are disfigured and crippled due to the disease (World Health Organization, 2015). Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic tropical disease that is caused by microscopic threadlike worms that destroys the lymph system in the human body that may result in intense swelling (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). Lymphatic filariasis is a…

country. Mosquitos thrive in warm areas and can only live in temperatures above 16 degrees Celsius. The African Region accounts for 85% of malaria cases and 90% of malaria deaths worldwide. The year round warm climate in sub Saharan Africa provides perfect conditions for mosquitos and the malaria parasite to reproduce quickly and go through their life cycle quickly, which is necessary for infection. In Sub Saharan Africa the temperature rarely drops below 16 degrees Celsius, so the mosquitos…

These pesticide-embedded nets were provided to families living near water, but instead of sleeping under them as intended, the people sewed them together to form huge micro-hole fishnets. Unfortunately, this has been devastating on several fronts: the demise of the small/young fish, leaching of pesticide from the nets into the water, leaching of the pesticide from the nets into the fish, and the increase of malaria cases. While no one wants to stop providing the nets, the misuse of the goods…

exploitation of resources. It is important to note that there is strong connection between being educated and child mortality. An uneducated mother is likely not going to give her child proper care when down with fever. The tendency of exposing the child to mosquito bites and allowing an unclean environment is high. Borrowing from the Dahlgren and Whitehead explanation of the complex social influence on health where socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions, social and community…

temperatures are extending insect life cycles, causing infectious diseases in humans. The Aedes aegypti (A. aegypti) mosquito is responsible for the transmission of Zika Virus, Chikungunya Virus, and Dengue fever (Center of Disease Control). According to Gore, the A. aegypti mosquito is moving northward in the United States (112). Due to the accelerated warm temperatures, mosquitos now have a way of prolonging their…

When I was young, my extended family was just a doorstep or rickshaw, three-wheeled bicycle, away. Now, it is unfortunately an expensive 23-hour flight, bus and boat ride away. There are significant financial barriers so the conversation of an upcoming family trip to Bangladesh is often light humor. After my family and I immigrated to the United States, I returned once in the summer of 2005. There were connecting flights from London, Dubai, and finally to Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. I lived in…

world are suffering, a majority of the suffering is generated by water-bred diseases like malaria. Mosquitos enter their sleeping areas biting the children, causing deathly or near-death diseases. What is the world doing about it? Beds n ' More Inc. strive to bring about a better world, a better future for the potential future of this world, the children. Beds n ' More have invented a portable, mosquito-stopping bed, that will suit the everyday hiker and the needy, the SuperBed. Buying this…