Bed net use and associated factors in a rice farming community in Central Kenya
Open Access
- 16 April 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 8 (1) , 64
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-64
Abstract
Use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) continues to offer potential strategy for malaria prevention in endemic areas. However their effectiveness, sustainability and massive scale up remain a factor of socio-economic and cultural variables of the local community which are indispensable during design and implementation stages.Keywords
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