The use of insecticide treated nets by age: implications for universal coverage in Africa

2009140 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Abdisalan M. Noor · University of Oxford

Viola Kirui · Kenya Medical Research Institute

Simon Brooker · Kenyatta National Hospital

Robert W. Snow · Kenya Medical Research Institute

Abstract

In malaria-endemic Africa, school-aged children are the least protected with ITNs but represent the greatest reservoir of infections. With increasing school enrollment rates, school-delivery of ITNs should be considered as an approach to reach universal ITNs coverage and improve the likelihood of impacting upon parasite transmission.

Topics & Keywords

Malaria Research and Control Mosquito-borne diseases and control Global Maternal and Child Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Public Health

Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 369-369

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-369

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