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Why We’re Reinventing the Door and Window
October 30, 2018
October 30, 2018
Remember Bill Gates’ Reinvent the Toilet Challenge? Now, IV’s Global Good team is taking on two other common household items: the window and door.
With more than 80% of malaria mosquito bites in Africa happening indoors at night, our team, in collaboration with researchers at Durham University and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, has designed a next-gen window and door that lets air and light into homes, but keeps over 70% of the pesky insects out.
The results of a pilot study conducted by the team in The Gambia were published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine. Watch this video below to check out our new design.
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