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Rwanda has become the first country in Africa to integrate and effectively deploy drones to combat malaria, which is prevalent in most parts of the country.
Drones are now being used to map mosquito breeding sites, enabling targeted interventions. After mapping, the drones are used to spray insecticides to kill larvae in mosquito breeding areas, along with community mobilization by attaching loudspeakers to drones to broadcast pre-recorded messages about malaria prevention measures.
Drone-based larva eradication efforts had a significant impact in 2020, with the Rwanda Biomedical Center reporting a 90.6% reduction in malaria cases in Jabana, a suburb of the capital Kigali, from 12,041 to 1,129 cases in just eight months of drone intervention.
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