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ZeroFly® Plastic Sheeting - Concept
| More than one third of total annual malaria deaths occur among people affected by complex emergencies around the world. These emergencies occur when two evils — disaster and disease — collide, and those displaced are among the most vulnerable. The acute stage of emergencies, when people are the most vulnerable, may last for several months. In these situations, when international organisations are the main provider of essential services, the focus is on life-saving operations whereas disease prevention interventions tend to be implemented at a much later stage or not at all. Resources, time and operational constraints reduce the suitability of available prevention strategies such as insecticide-treated nets and residual spraying used for malaria control. As a consequence, malaria and diarrhoea (transmitted by flies) remain largely unaddressed in complex emergencies. To bridge the gap between the acute phase of an emergency and the time when proper infrastructure is established, the ZeroFly® shelter, a long-lasting insecticide-incorporated plastic sheeting, has been developed as a dual function tool providing both shelter and malaria prevention. Using shelter equipment as a malaria-control tool has the following advantages: | ||||
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