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New Baby Wraps Could Combat Malaria in Uganda
10/26/2025
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- Dr. Ross Boyce proposed permethrin-treated baby wraps to shield infants from mosquitoes after malaria's heavy toll in Uganda 12 years ago.
- He collaborated with Ugandan colleagues, including Dr. Edgar Mulogo, on a Kasese randomized trial with 200 treated and 200 control women.
- The trial results were recently published in a leading medical journal to address stalled malaria progress.
