Insecticide treated bed nets to prevent malaria.
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Acquisition of bed-nets, sleeping-habits, and control of malaria in the Gambia: sociocultural dimension.
Randomized controlled trials in African settings with different intensities of malaria-transmission have shown that insecticide-treated nets are efficacious in reducing postneonatal mortality from all causes (1,2). The Gambian National Impregnated Bed-net Programme achieved an 83% net-treatment rate, and overall mortality of children aged less than five years fell by 25% a decade ago (1). Howev...
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In Africa anopheline mosquitoes transmit malaria and lymphatic filariasis (LF); insecticide-treated bed nets significantly reduce transmission of both. Insecticide-treated bed net provision to children under 5 (U5) and pregnant women (PW) is a major goal of malaria control initiatives, but use in Africa remains low because of cost and logistics. We therefore integrated insecticide-treated bed n...
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BACKGROUND Malaria outbreaks are common in Zimbabwe. They are common in Manicaland, which has the greatest burden of malaria in the country. METHODS A matched case control study was conducted to investigate the malaria outbreak in ward 13 and 14 of Chipinge district in Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe, week 30 to week 40 of year 2015. A sample size of 92 (46 cases and 46 controls) was used. Gu...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 322 7281 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001