Insecticide treated mosquito nets from Rainco

Ramani Kangaraarachchi

The leading umbrella and mosquito nets manufacturing company in Sri Lanka, Rainco (Pvt) Ltd launched another unique product the “Prince” of mosquito nets “PermaNet” jointly with a Swiss company Vestergaard Frandsen, known for its technologically innovative products that prevents the transmission of diseases. The launch was held at the Hilton Colombo on Monday.

These long lasting insecticide treated (LLIN) mosquito bed nets and curtains, along with LifeStraw water purifiers, were introduced to the local market at the launch, by Regional Retail Head Asia for Vestergaard Frandsen India (Pvt) Ltd. Neeraj Jain and Managing Director Rainco (Pvt) Ltd., Fazal M Fausz, Sri Lanka’s partners of Vestergaard Frandsen.

Fausz said that the increasing incidence of mosquito borne diseases had led to Rainco’s decision to make available this product to the Sri Lankan consumer.

“In fact we have been negotiating to bring down these WHO recommended nets to Sri Lanka for the past two years and it was only one month ago that we obtained approval from the Ministry of Health subsequent to an exhaustive evaluation process”, said Fausz.

He said that these nets had been imported by the Government and distributed among low income families free and for the first time they will now be available in the retail market via Rainco’s islandwide distributor network.

Jain said that “PermaNet nets are treated to first repel the mosquito and then finally kill it.

These insecticide impregnated nets are the most effective way of keeping persistent insects at bay and over 170 million such nets have been provided by Vestergaard-Frandsen across the world to prevent the spread of vector borne diseases such as Malaria, Dengue, Leishmaniasis, Filariasis and Chagas”.

“We are happy to partner with Rainco to distribute our products across Sri Lanka and believe that our combined efforts will help fight disease and save lives,” said Jain.