There are so many mosquitoes in Africa, why not popularize mosquito nets?

There are many mosquitoes and mosquito nets in Africa. It is only used by relatively wealthy people. In the face of mosquito bites, the poor and the rich react differently. Only by solving the problem of food and clothing will we pay attention to mosquito bites. It won't be a short time for the rich to release mosquitoes that the poor can't stand.

There are also cases involving mosquitoes in Africa, but there are no cases involving the rich and the poor.

Here's the story. Once upon a time, perhaps more than a decade ago, a western health organization came to Furlani, a gathering area in Cameroon, Central Africa, to publicize the harm of mosquitoes and how to prevent diseases spread by mosquito bites. They played a science and education film about ants, which made the Fulani people laugh. Fulani people, who are still in a semi-primitive life, have never seen a movie. When mosquitoes photographed by microscope were flying on the movie screen, the Fulani people were scared to run for their lives. Volunteers from WHO brought them together again to explain the harm of mosquitoes. Fulani people burst into laughter. They said, "Your mosquito is bigger than a lion. Of course, it's terrible. Our mosquitoes are just a little small, you big idiots! "

The primitive tribes in Africa have their own anti-mosquito wisdom. I often deal with them when I do documentary photography in the Rift Valley. Tribal men and women mix butter and sand to prevent ants and insects. Dasani people who live in Omo Valley in the Rift Valley of East Africa directly smear wet cow dung on their bodies. In this way, they have a protective film, which can prevent sun and moisture and prevent mosquito bites. No matter how powerful mosquitoes are, even flies everywhere can't do anything about them.

Mousse woman puts butter on her body, which is both sunscreen and moisturizing, and also prevents mosquitoes. White Saussurea involucrata has a cold-proof effect and can also prevent mosquito bites.

Smart Africans have many good ways to prevent mosquitoes, but more poor people still suffer from mosquito bites, and malaria is still the most serious infectious disease caused by mosquito bites in Africa.