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Mosquito nets

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  • Ashanti War, Ghana, 1873: a British soldier resting beneath a mosquito net in a tropical landscape. Wood engraving, 1873.
  • A mosquito attempting to attack a mosquito net under which a mother and child sleep: preventing malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2003.
  • A giant mosquito trying to attack a French soldier who is protected by a mosquito net. Colour lithograph after H. Stephany, 1917.
  • A child asleep under a mosquito net and treating the net: malaria prevention in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health Malaria Control Programme, ca. 2000.
  • Brighton (near Pitch Lake), Trinidad: a mosquito net for head and neck is modelled by a man wearing a hat, with face exposed, standing on wooden steps. Photograph, 1900/1920.
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    Brighton (near Pitch Lake), Trinidad: a mosquito net for head and neck is modelled by a man wearing a hat, with face exposed, standing on wooden steps. Photograph, 1900/1920.

    | Date: 1900-1920 | Reference: 564252i
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    Treatment guidelines for malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health Malaria Control Programme, ca. 2000.

    | Date: [2000?] | Reference: 755614i
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    A pregnant woman receiving anti-malaria medication and lying beneath a mosquito net: preventing malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2003.

    | Date: Juni[e] 2003 | Reference: 755592i
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    The benefit of sleeping under a mosquito net. Chromolithograph by A. Guillaume.

    Guillaume, Albert, 1873-1942. | Reference: 5432i
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    An illustrated numbered guide on how to treat mosquito nets to prevent malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Aventis Environmental Science, ca. 2000.

    | Date: [2000?] | Reference: 757091i
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