Evaluating the community education programme of an insecticide-treated bed net trial on the Kenyan coast

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Earlier studies in The Gambia suggested that the use of impregnated bednets might prove to be a useful malaria control strategy. Based on the results of these studies, in 1992 the Government of The Gambia was encouraged to initiate a National Impregnated Bednet Programme (NIBP) as part of the National Malaria Control Programme Strategy. This paper describes the implementation process/procedure of the NIBP. Evaluation results showed that, overall, 83% of the bednets surveyed had been impregnated, and 77% of children under the age of five years and 78% of women of child-bearing age were reported to be sleeping under impregnated bednets.

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