Predicting the unmet need for biologically targeted coverage of insecticide-treated nets in Kenya.

ABSTRACT: In some countries the biological targeting of universal malaria prevention may offer optimal impact on disease and significant cost-savings compared with approaches that presume universal risk. Spatially defined data on coverage of treated nets from recent national household surveys in Kenya were used within a Bayesian geostatistical framework to predict treated net coverage nationally. When combined with the distributions of malaria risk and population an estimated 8.1 million people were not protected with treated nets in 2010 in biologically defined priority areas. After adjusting for the proportion of nets in use that were not long lasting, an estimated 5.5 to 6.3 million long-lasting treated nets would be required to achieve universal coverage in 2010 in Kenya in at-risk areas compare

SUBMITTER: Noor AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2946756 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature