Integrated pest management (IPM) is an ecosystem-based strategy that focuses on long-term prevention of pests or their damage through a combination of techniques such as biological control, habitat ...

New Delhi: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi, on National Consumer Day 202,5 released a new Indian Standard for incense sticks, aimed at improving quality ...

According to a World Bank report, Kenya's pyrethrum peaked in production in 1992-1993 at 18,000 tonnes. Data from PPCk shows production was at its peak in the 1980s-1990s, with about 200,000 growers ...

The State-owned Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya (PPCK) remains trapped by a Sh3.5 billion debt after a failed asset sale derailed the restructuring plan meant to clear long-standing financial ...

This randomized trial found that insect-repellent wraps could help provide protection before children develop vaccine-induced immunity. Clinical malaria incidence was 66% lower in Ugandan children who ...

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Lice checks were a dreaded part of my childhood — I remember anxiously waiting for the nurse to call my name for a checkup, hoping a call home wouldn’t follow (sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky). Head lice ...

Malaria remains a major cause of childhood death in sub-Saharan Africa. We leveraged the traditional practice of mothers carrying children on their backs in cloth wraps to assess whether treating the ...

Fog machines are an underrated and, frankly, underutilized device when it comes to Halloween hijinks. An intelligently placed fog machine can serve as the finishing touch to your otherwise perfectly ...