[afro-nets] RFI: Literature on the history of DDT usage (3)

[Philip Coticelli <pcoticelli@gmail.com>]

RFI: Literature on the history of DDT usage (3)
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Dear Edward,

The short, debatable answer to your question is that mid-19th
century efforts to eradicate malaria in Africa using DDT were
hindered by the continent's poor infrastructure and weak post-
colonial management of public health programs. Not so in the de-
veloped world. The short, rather uncontestable addendum is that
environmentalist groups have made it nearly impossible to use
DDT for malaria control since the 1970s. So donors have avoided
it and Africa has suffered greatly.

There is a wealth of information about DDT, past, present and
future on Africa Fighting Malaria's website,
http://www.fightingmalaria.org with tabs for Articles, Research
and FAQs. Please note that the webpage may not be formatted for
your screen, so shift around to find the scroll bars in order to
access all of the information available.

My colleagues Dr. Richard Tren and Dr. Roger Bate have written a
book about this topic which can be viewed in PDF (112 pp. 355
kB) here, http://www.iea.org.uk/files/upld-publication26pdf?.pdf
or purchased in paperback from Amazon.com http://amazon.com/.
The bibliography contains numerous references to malaria eradi-
cation in the developed world. They are the Directors of AFM and
can be reached at mailto:rtren@fightingmalaria.org and
mailto:rbate@fightingmalaria.org.

Another book is forthcoming by a different author which we be-
lieve will answer some questions and concerns about the health
risks and net benefits about DDT definitively. I'll be sure to
copy the information to this list when it is available.

Sincerely,

Philip Coticelli
mailto:pcoticelli@gmail.com