Faso soap Contents Origins Composition and development Awards Other soaps See also References External...
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Faso soap or Fasoap is the brand of a Burkina Faso-manufactured type of soap, in the development stage, which ostensibly repels mosquitoes and thus protects from mosquito-borne diseases.
Contents
1 Origins
2 Composition and development
3 Awards
4 Other soaps
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Origins
Faso soap was developed in 2013[1] by two Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering) students-turned-entrepreneurs, Moctar Dembélé, from Burkina Faso, and Gérard Niyondiko, from Burundi.[2]
Composition and development
According to its developers, Faso soap is made of shea butter, lemongrass, African marigold and other "natural ingredients" that can be found in Burkina Faso.[2] The soap's purpose is to leave an insect-repelling odor on the user's skin after washing.[3]
The intent is to repel mosquitoes and thus prevent mosquito bites that can transmit diseases such as malaria, chikungunya, yellow fever, or dengue.[3]
In April 2016, a crowd funding campaign was initiated[4] in order to finance large-scale testing of the product and an amount of over 70,000 Euros was reportedly collected.[5]
Awards
In 2013, Fasoap's developers won the first prize in University of California, Berkeley's annual Global Social Venture Competition.
Other soaps
Similar, mosquito-repellent soaps are in development in Johns Hopkins, created to be used instead of "long-lasting, volatile insecticides that could harm [the] skin."[3] A program headed by the director of the Johns Hopkins graduate program, Dr. Soumyadipta Acharya, uses "shorter-lived" compounds that can "comfortably reside in [the] skin," such as permethrin, in its soap.[3]
See also
- Tropical diseases
- Neglected tropical diseases
- Diseases of poverty
- Eradication of infectious diseases
- Control of Communicable Diseases Manual
- World Health Organization
References
^ "Faute de financement, le premier savon anti-malaria s’en remet au crowdfunding" ("Without finances, anti-malaria soap turns to crowd funding") by Marion Garreau, Le Monde, 2 March 2016 (in French)
^ ab "Could this soap stop malaria?" by Jenni Marsh, CNN, 28 September 2016
^ abcd "How soap, chairs and clothing could stop mosquito bites -- and diseases" by Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 16 February 2017
^ "Burkina Faso anti-malaria soap aims to save 100,000 lives by end-2018", MSNBC Africa, 10 May 2016
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External links
- Moctar Dembélé
