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Mosquito nets save lives
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The Prospects
The WHO's medium term goal is to provide access to LLINs such as Interceptor for everyone living in endemic malaria regions – at present only about ten percent of the at-risk population of Africa sleep under mosquito nets. The total demand is likely to reach 50 to 60 million nets annually in the years ahead. BASF has established production capacities to supply a good portion of the demand. The main customers for the Interceptor net, which costs only a few dollars, are international aid organizations, national health agencies and nongovernmental organiziations, which usually purchase the nets in large public tenders or fund countries for local tenders.
Interceptor nets are also on sale in Latin America and Asia, but the main market is Africa. BASF also makes donations as part of its fight against malaria. Richard Allan, CEO of the international aid organization The Mentor Initiative, is grateful for the support being provided for his malaria program. "As well as the new, highly effective Interceptor nets we also use the conventional BASF products such as Fendona spray to treat indoor walls and the insecticide Abate® to kill mosquito larvae in stagnant waters. We are hoping to expand our joint project to combat malaria even further in 2008."
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