Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia [PDF]
Environmental Health InsightsBackground: Insecticide-treated bed nets are cost-effective vector control methods for malaria prevention. Malaria during pregnancy poses a significant health problem in Ethiopia.
Yeshitla Getnet +7 more
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Creating an "enabling environment" for taking insecticide treated nets to national scale: the Tanzanian experience [PDF]
Malaria Journal, 2005 Introduction Malaria is the largest cause of health services attendance, hospital admissions and child deaths in Tanzania. At the Abuja Summit in April 2000 Tanzania committed itself to protect 60% of its population at high risk of malaria by 2005.
Kramer Karen +7 more
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Evaluation of Olyset™ insecticide-treated nets distributed seven years previously in Tanzania [PDF]
Malaria Journal, 2004 Background Insecticide-treated nets represent currently a key malaria control strategy, but low insecticide re-treatment rates remain problematic. Olyset™ nets are currently one of two long-lasting insecticidal nets recommended by WHO.
Mshinda Hassan +5 more
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Evaluation of KO-Tab 1-2-3®: a wash-resistant 'dip-it-yourself' insecticide formulation for long-lasting treatment of mosquito nets [PDF]
Malaria Journal, 2005 Introduction Insecticide-treated nets (ITN) are an important method of preventing malaria. To remain effective, they need to be re-treated with pyrethroid insecticide at approximately yearly intervals.
Kaur Harparkash +4 more
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Using non-insecticidal traps indoors can complement insecticide-treated nets to target insecticide-resistant malaria vectors [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) provide protection against malaria vectors through their insecticidal action and as a physical barrier. However, insecticide resistance in malaria vectors has diminished their efficacy, threatening future ...
Romaric Akoton +9 more
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Delivering insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention: innovative strategies [PDF]
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2016 Paul J Krezanoski1–3 1Department of Medicine, 2Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, 3Medicine and Pedatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Abstract: The wide-scale adoption of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) has led ...
Krezanoski PJ
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Comparison of house spraying and insecticide-treated nets for malaria control
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000 The efficacies of using residual house spraying and insecticide-treated nets against malaria vectors are compared, using data from six recent comparisons in Africa, Asia and Melanesia.
Curtis Christopher F. +1 more
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Mapping of access and usage of insecticide-treated nets in Nigeria. [PDF]
Malar JMalaria remains a major public health challenge in Nigeria with children under five years of age and pregnant women possessing the highest risk. Preventive efforts including indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide-treated nets (ITN) have been implemented over the years but issues such as limited funding, low net coverage, and cultural barriers ...
Eshofonie F, Egbon OA, Gayawan E.
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Insecticide-treated nets for preventing malaria in pregnancy [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006 Malaria in pregnancy is associated with adverse consequences for mother and fetus. Protection with insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) during pregnancy is widely advocated, but evidence of their benefit has been inconsistent.To compare the impact of ITNs with no nets or untreated nets on preventing malaria in pregnancy.We searched the Cochrane Infectious ...
C, Gamble, J P, Ekwaru, F O, ter Kuile
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Insecticide-treated nets for preventing malaria [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 A previous version of this Cochrane Review identified that insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are effective at reducing child mortality, parasite prevalence, and uncomplicated and severe malaria episodes. Insecticide-treated nets have since become a core intervention for malaria control and have contributed greatly to the dramatic decline in disease ...
Pryce, J., RIchardson, M., Lengeler, C.
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