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Bed net use among school aged children after a universal bed net campaign in Malawi
... universal net distri- ...of net use over the 3 years ...the bed net campaign and the consistency of these results across transmission settings, support the validity of the ...
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Bed net use and associated factors in a rice farming community in Central Kenya
... of bed net use, rea- sons for treating bed nets and preferred colour and shape of a treated bed ...on bed net ownership and ...
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Household bed net ownership and use among under-5 children in Nigeria
... use a bed net in Nigeria compared with poorer households. Most inhabitants of wealthy households, who usually live in their own houses, usually take preventive measures, like proper netting of doors and ...
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The association between household bed net ownership and all cause child mortality in Madagascar
... Background: Malaria continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Madagascar. It has been estimated that the malaria burden costs Madagascar over $52 million annually in terms of treatment costs, lost ...
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Malaria knowledge and bed net use in three transmission settings in southern Africa
... between bed net use and socioeconomic status, albeit with divergent directions of ...of bed net use, compared to their counterparts of similar characteristics in the ‘poorest’ ...a bed ...
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Effects of community level bed net coverage on malaria morbidity in Lilongwe, Malawi
... individual-level bed net use the previous night, household mosquito repellent use dur- ing the previous 7 days, and household indoor residual spraying during the previous 12 ...a bed net while ...
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Exploring the impact of targeted distribution of free bed nets on households bed net ownership, socio economic disparities and childhood malaria infection rates: analysis of national malaria survey data from three sub Saharan Africa countries
... Malaria researchers and policy makers have taken ad- vantage of heightened global malaria awareness to shift their focus to a rapid expansion of effective malaria con- trol programmes while downplaying issues related to ...
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Entomological determinants of insecticide treated bed net effectiveness in Western Myanmar
... ITN use and sleeping behaviour related to biting risk In order to investigate the effect of incomplete or incorrect usage of ITN we interviewed all ITN recipients, during the cross sectional surveys, regarding ITN usage ...
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An adjusted bed net coverage indicator with estimations for 23 African countries
... and bed net coverage as predicted by the model of Smith et ...and bed net ...the bed net coverage from 0 to a specific target level at the end of five ...
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Assessing bed net damage: comparisons of three measurement methods for estimating the size, shape, and distribution of holes on bed nets
... the net develops physical damage, such as seam rips, holes, or ...each net and is intended to provide an estimate of relative net ...overall net damage in field conditions but it ignores ...
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Airflow attenuation and bed net utilization: observations from Africa and Asia
... the bed net and the sec- ond set outside both at the same level 50 cm above ground level (Figure ...a bed net on the airflow in a room the bed net was removed at three- minute ...
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Reports of long lasting insecticidal bed nets catching on fire: a threat to bed net users and to successful malaria control?
... Nevertheless, the current popularity of this preventive medical object and its usefulness in public health should not cause any unnecessary reluctance to take into ac- count discourses about potential bed ...
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Socio economic status is inversely related to bed net use in Gabon
... of bed nets, the willingness to pay for them or their actual use were associated with factors in favour of a higher socio- economic ...of bed nets in the age group of children between three and 24 months, ...
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Impact of a mass media campaign on bed net use in Cameroon
... coverage net distri- ...treats bed net use as a proxy for final health outcomes (reduction in malaria cases and deaths) based on the findings of bed net efficacy studies ...of ...
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The underlying reasons for very high levels of bed net use, and higher malaria infection prevalence among bed net users than non users in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam: a qualitative study
... the bed nets that were provided freely to all residents by the mass dis- tribution campaigns carried out over the previous 2 years [30], affordability was no longer considered an issue, but rather other social and ...
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Reported bed net ownership and use in social contacts is associated with uptake of bed nets for malaria prevention in pregnant women in Ghana
... used bed nets as ...a bed net as com- pared to the use of an already owned bed ...most bed nets are acquired through free distribution ...a bed net is impacted ...
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The prevalence of malaria at first antenatal visit in Blantyre, Malawi declined following a universal bed net campaign
... Medical history and bed net use were recorded and physical examination, including axillary temperature, was performed. For all subjects, regardless of symptoms, finger-prick filter papers were collected and ...
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Host seeking activity of a Tanzanian population of Anopheles arabiensis at an insecticide treated bed net
... sticky net traps to investigate mosquito activity around human baited LLINs ...entire bed net, with multiple mosquitoes simultaneously flying without restriction, over long periods, and responding to ...
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Determinants of bed net use in children under five and household bed net ownership on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... a bed net the night prior to the ...of bed nets, it could be that priority is given to the younger children, or perhaps, as the children grow older and experience fewer episodes of malaria, there may ...
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Child bed net use before, during, and after a bed net distribution campaign in Bo, Sierra Leone
... Bed net use surveys typically are not conducted dur- ing the launch and implementation of ITN campaigns because massive public health campaigns require the full participation of nearly all public health ...
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