Determinants of bed net use in children under five and household bed net ownership on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
Open Access
- 29 June 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 10 (1), 179
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-179
Abstract
As part of comprehensive malaria control strategies, the Bioko Island Malaria Control Project (BIMCP) distributed 110,000 long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLIN) in late 2007 with the aim of providing one net for each sleeping area. Despite attaining initially very high levels of net coverage and net use, many children under five years of age did not sleep under a net by 2009, according to annual malaria indicator surveys. The aim of this study was to assess the determinants of bed net use in children under five and bed net ownership of the households in which they live.Keywords
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