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Global trends in the production and use of DDT for control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

Overview of attention for article published in Malaria Journal, October 2017
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Title
Global trends in the production and use of DDT for control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases
Published in
Malaria Journal, October 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12936-017-2050-2
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Henk van den Berg, Gamini Manuweera, Flemming Konradsen

Abstract

DDT was among the initial persistent organic pollutants listed under the Stockholm Convention and continues to be used for control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases in accordance with its provisions on acceptable purposes. Trends in the production and use of DDT were evaluated over the period 2001-2014. Available data on global production of DDT showed a 32% decline over the reporting period, from 5144 to 3491 metric tons of active ingredient p.a. Similarly, global use of DDT, for control of malaria and leishmaniasis, showed a 30% decline over the period 2001-2014, from 5388 metric tons p.a. to 3772 metric tons p.a. India has been by far the largest producer and user of DDT. In some countries, DDT is used in response to the development of resistance in malaria vectors against pyrethroid and carbamate insecticides. Some other countries have stopped using DDT, in compliance to the Convention, or in response to DDT resistance in malaria vectors. Progress has been made in establishing or amending national legal measures on DDT, with the majority of countries reportedly having measures in place that prohibit, or restrict, the production, import, export and use of DDT. Limitations in achieving the objectives of the Stockholm Convention with regard to DDT include major shortcomings in periodic reporting by Parties to the Stockholm Convention, and deficiencies in reporting to the DDT Register. Global production and global use of DDT have shown a modest decline since the adoption of the Stockholm Convention.

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Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 37 18%
Student > Bachelor 26 13%
Researcher 25 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 5%
Other 22 11%
Unknown 61 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 23 11%
Environmental Science 23 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 16 8%
Chemistry 14 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 4%
Other 41 20%
Unknown 80 39%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 298. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 January 2024.
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