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Rice and Gene Editing: Defending Against Rice Blast Disease

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Plant Biotech Industry Supports Progress on LLP Collaboration

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Insecticides Vital in River Blindness Fight

River blindness, also known as onchocerciasis, is a parasitic infection...

Insecticides Vital in River Blindness Fight
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Celebrating Success in the Guinea Worm Eradication Program

When The Carter Center began its Guinea Worm Eradication Program...

Celebrating Success in the Guinea Worm Eradication Program
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Fighting Dengue in Singapore and Malaysia

Dengue fever is the world’s fastest spreading, mosquito-borne viral disease,...

Fighting Dengue in Singapore and Malaysia
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One Million Mosquito Nets Donated to Millennium Villages

In 2006 the Millennium Villages Project was set up to...

One Million Mosquito Nets Donated to Millennium Villages
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Tracking Insecticide Resistance for Better Malaria Control

Progress in malaria control in the past decade can be...

Tracking Insecticide Resistance for Better Malaria Control
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Advances in Vector Control Strategies

Public health campaigns focusing on long-lasting, insecticide treated nets (LLINs)...

Advances in Vector Control Strategies
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Argentine Town Fights Dangerous Kissing Bug

The “kissing bug” sounds harmless enough, but it is an...

Argentine Town Fights Dangerous Kissing Bug
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Desert Locust Plagues Managed With Insecticides

International Pesticide Benefits Case Study No. 100, December 2013 Leonard...

Desert Locust Plagues Managed With Insecticides