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Malawi: How scientists mapped mosquito breeding grounds using drones

Symon Moroko, 41, lives in Chiponde Village in Kasungu District, Malawi, where research on mosquito breeding to prevent Malaria is being carried out. © RFI/Charles Pensulo

Using an innovative, 21st-century way to destroy a centuries-old problem, scientists at the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust use drones to map out where mosquitoes breed in an effort to identify and destroy malaria-causing mosquitoes.

In Malawi, malaria is one of the top three public health issues, according to a study published in the Malaria Journal.

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