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Sleeping arrangement and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2010
Background Although insecticide-treated bed nets are effective tools, use often does not follow ownership. House structure and space arrangements may make the attempt to use bed nets difficult, especially for school age children.
Maekawa Yoshihide, Kawada Hitoshi, Horio Masahiro, Sonye George, Kaneko Satoshi, Futami Kyoko, Dida Gabriel, Iwashita Hanako, Aoki Yoshiki, Minakawa Noboru   +9 more
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The underlying reasons for very high levels of bed net use, and higher malaria infection prevalence among bed net users than non-users in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam: a qualitative study [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Bed nets reduce malaria-related illness and deaths, by forming a protective barrier around people sleeping under them. When impregnated with long-lasting insecticide formulations they also repel or kill mosquitoes attempting to feed upon ...
Daniel Msellemu, Aloysia Shemdoe, Christina Makungu, Yeromini Mlacha, Khadija Kannady, Stefan Dongus, Gerry F. Killeen, Angel Dillip   +7 more
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Social network correlates of free and purchased insecticide-treated bed nets in rural Uganda

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Malaria is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Uganda. Despite Uganda’s efforts to distribute bed nets, only half of households have achieved the World Health Organization (WHO) Universal Coverage Criteria (one bed net for every two ...
Sae Takada, Paul J. Krezanoski, Viola Nyakato, Vincent Bátwala, A. James O’Malley, Jessica M. Perkins, Alexander C. Tsai, David R. Bangsberg, Nicholas A. Christakis, Akihiro Nishi   +9 more
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Virulence genes and drug resistance characteristics of Escherichia coli in laying duck under the two different breeding modes

浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2020
This study mainly compared the virulence genes and drug resistance characteristics of Escherichia coli in laying ducks under the two different breeding modes: net bed with pool and net bed dry-system.
ZHAO Yan, JIN Junjie, REN Minmin, HOU Fengxiang, LIU Suzhen, XUE Chengjun, XIAO Yingping   +6 more
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Ownership and utilization of bed nets and reasons for use or non-use of bed nets among community members at risk of malaria along the Thai-Myanmar border

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background With the goal for malaria elimination in Thailand set for 2024, increased coverage and utilization of bed net, especially insecticide-treated net (ITN) or long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) is a key strategy.
Kasama Pooseesod, Daniel M. Parker, Natthani Meemon, Saranath Lawpoolsri, Pratap Singhasivanon, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Liwang Cui, Suparat Phuanukoonnon   +7 more
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The role of ideation on the effect of an SBC intervention on consistent bed net use among caregivers of children under 5 years in Nigeria: a multilevel mediation analysis

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Malaria remains a significant public health challenge in Nigeria. Consistent bed net use (sleeping under a treated net every night) has been identified as a key malaria prevention behavior.
Osabohien Mathew Okoh, Bolanle Olapeju, Foyeke Oyedokun-Adebagbo, Uwem Inyang, Anna McCartney-Melstad, Ian Tweedie, Stella Babalola, Douglas Storey   +7 more
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Estimation of bed net coverage indicators in Tanzania using mobile phone surveys: a comparison of sampling approaches

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Threats to maintaining high population access with effective bed nets persist due to errors in quantification, bed net wear and tear, and inefficiencies in distribution activities. Monitoring bed net coverage is therefore critical, but usually
Matt Worges, Benjamin Kamala, Joshua Yukich, Frank Chacky, Samwel Lazaro, Charles Dismas, Sijenun Aroun, Raya Ibrahim, Mwinyi Khamis, Mponeja P. Gitanya, Deodatus Mwingizi, Hannah Metcalfe, Willhard Bantanuka, Sena Deku, David Dadi, Naomi Serbantez, Dana Loll, Hannah Koenker   +17 more
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Effect of malaria prevention education on bed net utilization, incidence of malaria and treatment seeking among school-aged children in Southern Ethiopia; cluster randomized controlled trial

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background School-aged children (SAC) have an increased risk to contract malaria and play a major role in its transmission dynamics. However, their malaria prevention experience is poor.
Zerihun Zerdo, Hilde Bastiaens, Sibyl Anthierens, Fekadu Massebo, Matewos Masne, Gelila Biresaw, Misgun Shewangizaw, Abayneh Tunje, Yilma Chisha, Tsegaye Yohannes, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden   +10 more
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Effects of community-level bed net coverage on malaria morbidity in Lilongwe, Malawi

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background The protective effect of insecticide-treated bed nets against individual-level malaria transmission is well known, however community-level effects are less understood.
Veronica Escamilla, Alisa Alker, Leonard Dandalo, Jonathan J. Juliano, William C. Miller, Portia Kamthuza, Tapiwa Tembo, Gerald Tegha, Francis Martinson, Michael Emch, Irving F. Hoffman   +10 more
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Utilization of insecticide treated bed net and associated factors among households of Kola Diba town, North Gondar, Amhara region, Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective The primary aim of this study was to assess the utilization of an insecticide-treated bed net on the preceding night and associated factors among households of Kola Diba town in 2017. Results Of the 260 households, 239 (91.9%) (95% CI = 88.5–95%
Melaku Birhanu Alemu, Meles Addisu Asnake, Melaku Yilma Lemma, Melkitu Fentie Melak, Melaku Kindie Yenit   +4 more
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