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Rapid increase in ownership and use of long-lasting insecticidal nets and decrease in prevalence of malaria in three regional States of ethiopia (2006-2007).


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Authors

Shargie, Estifanos Biru 
Ngondi, Jeremiah 
Graves, Patricia M 
Getachew, Asefaw 
Hwang, Jimee 

Abstract

Following recent large scale-up of malaria control interventions in Ethiopia, this study aimed to compare ownership and use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN), and the change in malaria prevalence using two population-based household surveys in three regions of the country. Each survey used multistage cluster random sampling with 25 households per cluster. Household net ownership tripled from 19.6% in 2006 to 68.4% in 2007, with mean LLIN per household increasing from 0.3 to 1.2. Net use overall more than doubled from 15.3% to 34.5%, but in households owning LLIN, use declined from 71.7% to 48.3%. Parasitemia declined from 4.1% to 0.4%. Large scale-up of net ownership over a short period of time was possible. However, a large increase in net ownership was not necessarily mirrored directly by increased net use. Better targeting of nets to malaria-risk areas and sustained behavioural change communication are needed to increase and maintain net use.

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Keywords

3207 Medical Microbiology, 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, 3202 Clinical Sciences, Rare Diseases, Malaria, Vector-Borne Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Infection, 3 Good Health and Well Being

Journal Title

J Trop Med

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Journal ISSN

1687-9686
1687-9694

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Publisher

Hindawi Limited