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Business News of Monday, 28 November 2011

Source: GNA

A biolarvicide production factory in Ghana soon

Cotonou, Benin, Nov 28, GNA - Ghana will soon host a biolarvicide production factory that aims producing substances that targets to destroy the larvae of a mosquito, as part of efforts by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to eradicate malaria from the sub-region by 2015.

A biolarvicide is a kind of insecticide that kills the mosquito larvae - newly hatched mosquitoes

Dr Daniel Eklu, Director in charge of Humanitarian and Social Affairs at ECOWAS, reading a speech on behalf of Mr James Victor Gbeho, President of ECOWAS announced that a tripartite agreement had been signed between Cuba, Venezuela and ECOWAS to construct three biolarvicide production factories'