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Nature 432, 439 (25 November 2004) | doi:10.1038/432439b; Published online 24 November 2004

DDT still has a role in the fight against malaria

Allan Schapira1

  1. Strategy and Policy Team, Roll Back Malaria Department, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

Your News story about the Roll Back Malaria campaign ("Struggling to make an impact" Nature 430, 935; 2004) quotes me as claiming that pressure from government and other donors made spraying difficult to push through politically. I am also quoted as saying: "We have had very, very strong lobbying over DDT.

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