Long-lasting insecticide-treated net usage in eastern Sierra Leone - The success of free distribution

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 480-488

  Gerstl, Sibylle ^a   Dunkley, Sophie ^a   Mukhtar, Ahmed ^a   Maes, Peter ^b   De Smet, Martin ^b   Baker, Samuel ^c   Maikere, Jacob ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Abuja target; Antenatal care; Bed nets; Long lasting insecticide treated net; Malaria; Mass distribution; Prevention; Roll Back Malaria; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA CONTROL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIERRA LEONE; SLEEP; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 77949346053     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02478.x     Document Type: Article

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