Long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net ownership and use among children under five years of age following a targeted distribution in central Uganda

Malaria Journal

Research

Asadu Sserwanga¹  Ruth Kigozi¹  Humphrey Wanzira¹  Adoke Yeka¹  Moses Kamya²  Laura Steinhardt³  Sussann Nasr⁴  Scott Filler⁵  Denis Rubahika⁶  Grant Dorsey⁷ 

[1] Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda;Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda;Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda;Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA;President’s Malaria Initiative, Malaria Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Luanda, Angola;The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland;Uganda National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda;University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA;

关键词: Malaria;    Long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets;    Intervention coverage;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2875-13-185

 received in 2014-01-17, accepted in 2014-05-07,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundUniversal coverage of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) for prevention of malaria was adopted by the Uganda National Malaria Control Programme in 2007. The first mass distribution of LLINs was implemented in 2010. Initially, a campaign targeted to households with pregnant women and children aged

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