OBJECTIVE To assess the costs and consequences of a social marketing approach to malaria control in children by means of insecticide-treated nets in two rural districts of the United Republic of Tanzania, compared with no net use. METHODS Project cost data were collected prospectively from accounting records. Community effectiveness was estimated on the basis of a nested case-control study an...

Background: Insecticide treated bed nets have been recommended and proven efficient as a measure to protect African populations from malaria mosquito vector Anopheles spp. This study evaluates the consequences of bed nets use on vectors resistance to insecticides, their feeding behavior and malaria transmission in Dielmo village, Senegal, were LLINs were offered to all villagers in July 2008. M...

Background: Insecticide-treated nets represent currently a key malaria control strategy, but low insecticide re-treatment rates remain problematic. OlysetTM nets are currently one of two longlasting insecticidal nets recommended by WHO. An assessment was carried out of the effect of OlysetTM nets after seven years of use in rural Tanzania. Methods: A survey of OlysetTM nets was conducted in two...

Background: Malaria, caused by the genus Plasmodium, is still a global health problem. Its transmission and spread are strongly influenced presence of Anopheles vector. One efforts to reduce cases distribution long-lasting insecticide-treated nets residents malaria-endemic areas. This study aims measure density mosquitoes perched on bed after three years usage. Method: A cross-sectional was con...

Introduction Since the pioneer work of DARRIET et al. (1 984), insecticide impregnated bed nets have clearly proved their efficacy in reducing malaria transmission and morbididy (GREENWOOD & BAKER, 1993; CHO1 et al., 1995; LENGELER et al., 1996) and even overall infant mortality (BINU et al., 1996; NEVU et al., 1996), and are now considered to be an efficient tool for malaria vector control if ...

BACKGROUND Insecticide treated bed nets have been recommended and proven efficient as a measure to protect African populations from malaria mosquito vector Anopheles spp. This study evaluates the consequences of bed nets use on vectors resistance to insecticides, their feeding behavior and malaria transmission in Dielmo village, Senegal, were LLINs were offered to all villagers in July 2008. ...

Reference 1. Protopopoff N, Wright A, West PA, Tigererwa R, Mosha FW, KisinzaW, et al. (2015) Combination of Insecticide Treated Nets and Indoor Residual Spraying in Northern Tanzania Provides Additional Reduction in Vector Population Density and Malaria Transmission Rates Compared to Insecticide Treated Nets Alone: A Randomised Control Trial. PLoS ONE 10(11): e0142671. doi:10.1371/journal. pon...

Cath volunteers with the PONT Mbale (www.PONT-mbale.org) link and chairs their primary care committeewhich is embedded in a community to community partnership between Rhondda Cynon Taf in SouthWales and a district in Uganda called Mbale. Since 2005,PONThave trained60operational level health workers (OHWs) across three nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), 450 community health workers (CHWs) acr...