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Mosquito nets in a rural area of Western Kenya: ownership, use and quality

Malaria Journal, 2010
Background Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are regarded as one of the most effective strategies to prevent malaria in Africa. This study analyses the use and quality of nets owned by households in an area of high net coverage.
Githinji Sophia, Herbst Susanne, Kistemann Thomas, Noor Abdisalan M   +3 more
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Multiple insecticide resistance mechanisms in Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus from Benin, West Africa.

, 2007
Because free-insecticide treated net distribution is planned in Benin (West Africa) during the next few years, we investigated the type, frequency and distribution of insecticide resistance mechanisms in Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus ...
Brengues, C, N'Guessan, R.N., Brengues, Cécile, Martin, Thibaud, N'Guessan, R., Akogbéto, M, Hougard, Jean-Marc, Djogbenou, L., Corbel, V, Chandre, F, Akogbeto, Martin, N'Guessan, R, Hougard, JM, Rowland, M, Rowland, M., Djogbenou, L, Djogbenou, Luc, Akogbeto, A., Corbel, Vincent, Chandre, Fabrice, Martin, T   +20 more
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Perception of caregivers on ITNs utilisation and its effectiveness among children under 5 years of age in Chikwawa district, Malawi

Malaria Journal
Background In 2020, Malawi had 6.9 million malaria cases and 2551 deaths, mainly in children under five years of age. The 2017–2022 Malawi malaria control strategic plan promoted the consistent use of insecticide-treated nets through free distribution ...
Enock Benito, Praveen Suthar, Godfrey Banda, Parthasarthi Ganguly, Wamaka Msopole   +4 more
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Malaria burden and control in Bangladesh and prospects for elimination: an epidemiological and economic assessment

The Lancet Global Health, 2014
Background: Malaria is endemic in 13 of 64 districts in Bangladesh. About 14 million people are at risk. Some evidence suggests that the prevalence of malaria in Bangladesh has decreased since the the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria ...
Dr. Ubydul Haque, PhD, Hans J Overgaard, PhD, Archie C A Clements, PhD, Douglas E Norris, PhD, Nazrul Islam, MPh, Jahirul Karim, MPh, Shyamal Roy, MSc, Waziul Haque, MSc, Moktadir Kabir, MPh, David L Smith, PhD, Gregory E Glass, PhD   +10 more
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Impact of promoting longer-lasting insecticide treatment of bed nets upon malaria transmission in a rural Tanzanian setting with pre-existing high coverage of untreated nets [PDF]

, 2010
: BACKGROUND: The communities of Namawala and Idete villages in southern Tanzania experienced extremely high malaria transmission in the 1990s. By 2001-03, following high usage rates (75% of all age groups) of untreated bed nets, a 4.2-fold reduction in ...
Beatrice Chipwaza, Bart GJ Knols, Nathan, R., Maliti, D., Chipwaza, B., Knols, B. G., Kihonda, Japhet, Christian Lengeler, Lengeler Christian, Killeen, G. F., Takken, W., J Derek Charlwood, Lengeler, Christian, Knols Bart GJ, Maliti, Deodatus, Mwanyangala, M.A., Takken, Willem, Lwetoijera, D. W., Smith, T. A., Killeen, Gerry F., Charlwood J Derek, Lwetiojera, Dickson W., Russell Tanya L, Japhet Kihonda, Lwetoijera Dickson W, Mwanyangala, Mathew A., Killeen Gerry F, Charlwood, J.D., Thomas A Smith, Willem Takken, Mwanyangala Mathew A, Killeen, G.F., Mwanyangala, M. A., Nathan Rose, Knols, B.G.J., Chipwaza Beatrice, Nathan, Rose, Deodatus Maliti, Lwetoijera, D.W., Kihonda, J., Smith, Thomas A., Kihonda Japhet, Rose Nathan, Russell, T. L., Charlwood, J. Derek, Lengeler, C., Tanya L Russell, Dickson W Lwetoijera, Gerry F Killeen, Takken Willem, Charlwood, J. D., Mathew A Mwanyangala, Smith, T.A., Russell, T.L., Smith Thomas A, Russell, Tanya L., Knols, Bart, Maliti Deodatus, Chipwaza, Beatrice, Mwanyangala, Mathew A, Charlwood, J Derek, Smith, Thomas A, Killeen, Gerry F, Lwetoijera, Dickson W, Russell, Tanya L, Knols, Bart GJ   +65 more
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Insecticide-treated bed net utilization and its determinants among pregnant women in Dembecha District, Northwest Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and Health
Background Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are widely used and proven effective in preventing and controlling malaria. However, their utilization varies among households, which can significantly impact the benefits of insecticide-treated nets. This study
Abraham Teym, Gete Berihun, Mestet Yibeltal Shiferaw, Etsubdink Dessalew Abawa, Yibeltal Alemu, Bayou Tilahun Assaye, Rahel Belete Abebe, Tirsit Ketsela Zeleke   +7 more
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Combining Indoor Residual Spraying and Insecticide-Treated Net Interventions [PDF]

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2009
Does scaling up of malaria control by combining indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) enhance protection to populations? Results from a literature search and from recent household surveys in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, and Zambezia, Mozambique are presented.
Kleinschmidt, Immo, Schwabe, Christopher, Shiva, Murugasampilay, Segura, Jose Luis, Sima, Victor, Mabunda, Samuel Jose Alves, Coleman, Michael   +6 more
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Insecticide-treated nets for the prevention of malaria

This repository hosts the materials for a living systematic review and network meta-analysis regarding insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) to prevent malaria, developed for consideration by the Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (MNT) department of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Munn, Zachary, McBride, Grace, Hasanoff, Sabira, Shrestha, Nipun, Price, Carrie, Carrington, Lauren Bree, Kredo, Tamara   +6 more
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A voucher scheme for insectide treated nets in Ghana: development of a methodology for delivery systems evaluation [PDF]

The key to effective scaling-up of coverage with insecticide treated nets is multiple effective delivery systems that are complementary, each one adding incrementally to the overall coverage. Generally, individual systems have been studied.
Webster, Jayne
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Experimental hut evaluation of bednets treated with an organophosphate (chlorpyrifos-methyl) or a pyrethroid (lambdacyhalothrin) alone and in combination against insecticide-resistant Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Pyrethroid resistant mosquitoes are becoming increasingly common in parts of Africa. It is important to identify alternative insecticides which, if necessary, could be used to replace or supplement the pyrethroids for use on treated nets ...
Chandre Fabrice, Alphonsine A Koffi, Darriet, Frédéric, Asidi, A.N., Zaim, M., Zaim, Morteza, Koffi, A.A., Frédéric Darriet, Asidi, AN, N'Guessan, R., Curtis Christopher F, Hougard, Jean-Marc, Asidi Alex N, Corbel, V, Morteza Zaim, Chandre, F, Asidi, Alex N, Hougard, JM, Rowland, Mark W, Hougard Jean-Marc, N'Guessan, Raphael, Vincent Corbel, N' Guessan Raphael, Chandre, Fabrice, Curtis, C.F., Curtis, Christopher F, Mark W Rowland, Christopher F Curtis, Corbel Vincent, Darriet Frédéric, Koffi, Alphonsine A, Koffi, AA, Rowland, MW, Rowland Mark W, Fabrice Chandre, Rowland, M.W., Raphael N' Guessan, N'Guessan, R, Jean-Marc Hougard, Zaim Morteza, Darriet, F, Curtis, CF, Alex N Asidi, Corbel, Vincent, Zaim, M, Koffi Alphonsine A   +45 more
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