Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNS)
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Effect of using Insecticide Treated Nets [ITNs] on seasonality dynamics of malaria prevalence among expectant mothers
... Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for personal protection against mosquito bites have proven to be practical, highly effective and cost effective intervention against malaria ...that ITNs ...
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Delivering insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention: innovative strategies
... of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) has led to significant reductions in malaria morbidity and mortality ...of ITNs to the ...of ITNs in order to prevent malaria relies on ...
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Impact of three years of large scale Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) and Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) interventions on insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae s l in Benin
... Africa, insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual insecticide spraying (IRS) are the corner- stones of malaria vector control ...malaria. ITNs and IRS have each been ...
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Effectiveness of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) in the Control of P. falciparum in Kanshio, Makurdi, Nigeria
... of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) which was introduced in the 20 th century has also suffered setbacks in the target areas due to various ...of ITNs to ensure prevention of ...
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A comparative study of the prevalence of and factors associated with insecticide treated nets usage among children under 5 years of age in households that already own nets in Malawi
... an insecticide to kill mosquitoes, and the use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) to prevent mosquito bites are recommended for most of SSA ...particular, ITNs are a cost- ...
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Insecticide treated nets for preventing malaria
... Insecticide resistance is commonly detected using laboratory- based bioassays and experimental hut studies, but these do not necessarily indicate reduced ITN impact on real-life clinical out- comes (Ranson 2016). ...
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Use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) following a malaria education intervention in Piron, Mali: a control trial with systematic allocation of households
... about ITNs reached all villages, knowl- edge about malaria and about the benefits of ITN use was highly variable among the four ...their nets with insecticide had significantly higher lev- els of ...
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Persistently high estimates of late night, indoor exposure to malaria vectors despite high coverage of insecticide treated nets
... evade ITNs or IRS ...[49,50], insecticide treated wall liners [51], indoor spatial repellents [52], house screening [53] or other modifications to block mosquito entry into houses [54] could ...
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The combination of indoor residual spraying with insecticide treated nets versus insecticide treated nets alone for preventing malaria (Protocol)
... Countries that have deployed both LLINs and IRS are doing so now as a reactive measure because of high pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes. However, a combination of LLINs/ITNs with a non-pyrethroid IRS ...
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Household ownership and utilization of insecticide-treated nets under the Regional Artemisinin Resistance Initiative in Myanmar
... Thirdly, although the rates of ITN/LLIN use was higher among the children and pregnant women than the general population, only less than half of them (who constitute the high-risk groups for malaria) slept under an ...
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Insecticide-treated nets for preventing malaria in pregnancy
... with insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) during pregnancy is widely advocated, but evidence of their benefit has been ...of ITNs in pregnant ...compared ITNs with no nets and ...
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Increasing coverage of insecticide treated nets in rural Nigeria: implications of consumer knowledge, preferences and expenditures for malaria prevention
... mosquito nets due to the high cost, while one of them said that nursing mothers used nets to cover their ...bought nets, but for the high cost. Window-nets were pre- ferred over ...
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Evaluation of the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of the Use of Insecticide- Treated Nets (ITNs) in Aba, Nigeria
... The study which was conducted between February and July, 2013, was design to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) in Aba. Household ...
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Clinical malaria among pregnant women on combined insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Yaounde, Cameroon
... Enrollment was between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation. Ethical clearance N°243/CNE/SE/2006 was obtained from the National Ethics Committee and written or verbal consents were also obtained. The women had complete clinical ...
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Global Call to Action: maximize the public health impact of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in sub Saharan Africa
... Historic progress in malaria control has resulted in decreased malaria-attributable mortality worldwide by 47 % since 2000 [1]. However, progress in the prevention of malaria in pregnancy (MiP) during the same time ...
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Uptake of intermittent preventive treatment and pregnancy outcomes: health facilities and community surveys in Chókwè district, southern Mozambique
... of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with at least three doses of sulfadoxine–pyrimeth- amine (SP), administered at scheduled antenatal ...
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Net age, but not integrity, may be associated with decreased protection against Plasmodium falciparum infection in southern Malawi
... [1]. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are a cornerstone of malaria control programs across the region and have decreased disease due to Plasmodium falciparum infec- tion in countries across ...
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Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the WHO: conclusions and recommendations of September 2013 meeting
... for Insecticide Resistance Management; IRS: indoor residual spraying; RDT: Rapid Diagnostic Test; FIND: Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics; TEG: Technical Expert Group; SMC: Seasonal Malaria ...
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Challenges in universal coverage and utilization of insecticide treated bed nets in migrant plantation workers in Myanmar
... of ITNs distributed increased year by year starting from 2001 ...existing nets were ...bed nets were treated in 2012 in malaria endemic areas ...of ITNs was thought to be appropriate ...
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Effect of Transmission Reduction by Insecticide-Treated Bednets (ITNs) on Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Western Kenya
... the ITNs trial and the change in antimalarial drug policy no other malaria interventions and associated epidemiological impacts occurred in the study area during the study ...where ITNs have not been ...
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