Insecticide-treated bednet halves malarial death risk for infants (AFP)

A boy wears a miniature mosquito net on his head in Matam, northeastern Senegal, during celebrations marking the African anti-Malaria day, in 2004. Using insecticide-treated bednets can nearly halve deaths from malaria among children aged under five, according to a study in Kenya published in Saturday's Lancet.(AFP/File/Marie Laure Josselin)AFP - Using insecticide-treated bednets can nearly halve deaths from malaria among children aged under five, according to a study in Kenya published in Saturday's Lancet.



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