Assessement of the current coverage and dimished rate of mosquito nets usage for malaria control in Thua Thien - Hue
- Author:
Vo Dai Phu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Malaria
- MeSH:
Malaria;
Culicidae;
Mosquito Control
- From:Journal of Malaria and parasite diseases Control
2003;0(1):66-70
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
An evaluation of the current coverage and diminished rate of mosquito nets usage for malaria control plays an important role in malaria control planning. A survery was carried out between 1995 and 2003 in 15 hamlets of five communes of 3 malaria endemic districts in Thua Thien – Hue province. A high rate of bed-net usage was found in the surveyed hamlets. In average, the coverage reached the rate of 2.0 ± 0.3% nets per person. However a considerable rate of damaged nets (4.7 ± 1.2%) was also recorded in the surveys. Further surveys and studies should be conducted to determine the ways the bed-nets go down and get diminished for planning of more appropriate malaria control measures
