<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>LUSAKA (Reuters) - Kansai Plascon, owned by Tokyo-listed Kansai Paint Co Ltd, has launched the world’s first mosquito repellant paint in Zambia to help it reach a target to eliminate malaria<wm> in Africa.
Lakay is a natural insect repellent with DEET active against mosquitoes. Studies showed malaria malaria transmission in some parts of Africa will decrease after the use of the pesticide application. However, this helps only those regions, if the product works there.
Lakay aims to develop the product and improve African countries including Zambia's fight against the disease that has killed millions in years of traditional medicine untested to be ineffective or unsafe. Lakay says if successful it could potentially bring benefits to</wm> the African continent.
If this happens we would expect a significant number of malaria cases will decrease by an