MALARIA CONTROL IN RURAL COMMUNITIES BY ANTIMOSQUITO MEASURES

Knowledge, practices, and perceptions about malaria in rural communities of Zimbabwe: relevance to malaria control.

A survey of 411 household heads was undertaken in Gokwe district, Zimbabwe, to assess villagers' knowledge, practices and perceptions about malaria and their implications for malaria control. Our results show that although the government has sustained an annual indoor insecticide spraying programme for over four decades, about 50% of respondents did not adequately understand its purpose, with 2...

Malaria Control by Anti-Mosquito Measures

Self-treatment of malaria in rural communities, Butajira, southern Ethiopia.

OBJECTIVES To quantify the use of self-treatment and to determine the actions taken to manage malaria illness. METHODS A cross-sectional study was undertaken in six peasant associations in Butajira district, southern Ethiopia, between January and September 1999. Simple random sampling was used to select a sample of 630 households with malaria cases within the last six months. FINDINGS Overa...

Serological signatures of declining exposure following intensification of integrated malaria control in two rural Senegalese communities

Recent control scale-up has reduced malaria in many areas but new tools are needed to monitor further progress, including indicators of decreasing exposure to parasite infection. Although serology is considered a promising approach in this regard, the serological impact of control interventions has been so far studied using indirect quantification of exposure. Cohort surveys concomitantly recor...

Control measures for malaria in pregnancy in India.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the current status of malaria in pregnancy (MiP) in India and review current control measures, programmes and interventions that work, and to suggest areas that need to be addressed. MiP can have serious health consequences for both the mother and infant, and thus presents a major public health challenge. Roll Back Malaria (RBM), a supporting agency of th...