EPISODE · Nov 18, 2025 · 11 MIN
EXTENDED: Baby Wraps and Malaria – A New Tool to Protect Young Children (with Ross Boyce)
from Johns Hopkins Malaria Minute
In sub-Saharan Africa, mothers often carry their babies on their backs in colorful cotton wraps called lesu. Could treating these wraps with insecticide help prevent malaria? Dr. Ross Boyce discusses a groundbreaking study in Uganda showing that permethrin-treated wraps significantly reduce malaria in infants – and further, what this could mean for protecting the youngest and most vulnerable children from this often fatal disease.
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