Assessment of a national voucher scheme to deliver insecticide-treated mosquito nets to pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefits of a health-related intervention may be compromised by the challenges of delivering the intervention on a large scale. We analyzed the process involved in the Tanzania National Voucher Scheme, a system for delivering insecticide-treated mosquito nets to pregnant women. We aimed to identify potential ways to equitably improve overall coverage of the intervention.

Methods

We defined five steps in the process. We collected data from a multistage cluster survey of nationally representative households conducted in 2007 across 21 districts in Tanzania. Using these data, we multiplied the rate of success of each step cumulatively to estimate the overall success of the system.

Results

The rate of coverage for use of insecticide-treated nets among pregn

SUBMITTER: Marchant T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2817322 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature