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Effectiveness of health education interventions to improve malaria knowledge and insecticide-treated nets usage among populations of sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Introduction Malaria health education intervention is a community-directed approach that has long been considered important in preventing malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. However, its effectiveness is being questioned due to a lack of strong evidence.
Opara Monica Onyinyechi, A. I. N. Mohd Nazan, S. Ismail   +2 more
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Reported reasons for non-use of insecticide-treated nets in large national household surveys, 2009–2021

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Insecticide-treated nets (ITN) are the cornerstone of modern malaria vector control, with nearly 3 billion ITNs delivered to households in endemic areas since 2000. ITN access, i.e.
H. Koenker, E. '. Kumoji, M. Erskine, R. Opoku, E. Sternberg, Cameron Taylor   +5 more
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Effectiveness of dual active ingredient insecticide-treated nets in preventing malaria: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE, 2023
Malaria vectors have demonstrated resistance to pyrethroid-based insecticides used in insecticide-treated nets, diminishing their effectiveness. This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated two forms of dual active-ingredient (DAI) insecticide ...
T. Barker, Jennifer C. Stone, S. Hasanoff, C. Price, A. Kabaghe, Z. Munn   +5 more
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Indoor residual spraying for preventing malaria in communities using insecticide‐treated nets

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022
Background Insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are used to prevent malaria transmission. Both interventions use insecticides to kill mosquitoes that bite and rest indoors.
Josephine Pryce, Nancy Medley, L. Choi
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Factors associated with ownership and utilization of insecticide treated nets among children under five years in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Insecticide-treated net (ITN) is a cost-effective means to control malaria and morbidity in under-five children. This study synthesizes the factors associated with using the ITN as a malaria prevention tool in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods There
K. Konlan, Nathaniel Kossi Vivor, Isaac Gegefe, L. Hayford   +3 more
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Systematic review of the entomological impact of insecticide-treated nets evaluated using experimental hut trials in Africa

medRxiv, 2021
Background: Resistance of anopheline mosquitoes to pyrethroid insecticides is spreading rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa, diminishing the efficacy of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) - the primary tool for preventing malaria.
R. K. Nash, Ben Lambert, R. N'guessan, Corine Ngufor, M. Rowland, R. Oxborough, Sarah Moore, P. Tungu, E. Sherrard-Smith, T. Churcher   +9 more
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Utilization of insecticide treated nets among pregnant women in sodo zuria woreda Southern Ethiopia

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background The malaria control strategy has shown an improvement in providing services and allocating resources to enhance malaria elimination. The world malaria report indicated that there was a marked increment of insecticide treated net (ITNs ...
Jemaneh Nadew, M. Obsa, Akalewold Alemayehu, Yusuf Haji   +3 more
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Evidence supporting deployment of next generation insecticide treated nets in Burkina Faso: bioassays with either chlorfenapyr or piperonyl butoxide increase mortality of pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae

Malaria Journal, 2021
Pyrethroid resistance poses a major threat to the efficacy of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in Burkina Faso and throughout sub-Saharan Africa, particularly where resistance is present at high intensity.
A. Hien, D. D. Soma, Samina Maiga, D. Coulibaly, A. Diabaté, Allison Belemvire, M. Diouf, D. Jacob, A. Koné, E. Dotson, T. S. Awolola, R. Oxborough, R. Dabiré   +12 more
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Developing Consensus Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to Evaluate New Types of Insecticide-Treated Nets

Insects, 2021
Simple Summary Malaria control relies on insecticide-based tools which target the mosquito vector. Predominantly, a group of insecticides called pyrethroids are used in these tools.
N. Lissenden, J. Armistead, K. Gleave, S. Irish, Jackline L. Martin, L. Messenger, S. Moore, Corine Ngufor, Natacha Protopopoff, R. Oxborough, Angus Spiers, R. Lees   +11 more
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Omitting age-dependent mosquito mortality in malaria models underestimates the effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets

bioRxiv, 2021
Mathematical models of vector-borne infections, including malaria, often assume age-independent mortality rates of vectors, despite evidence that many insects senesce. In this study we present survival data on insecticide-resistant Anopheles gambiae s.l.
Melissa A. Iacovidou, P. Barreaux, S. Spencer, M. Thomas, E. Gorsich, K. Rock   +5 more
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