Sleeping arrangements and mass distribution of bed nets in six districts in central and northern Mozambique.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Universal coverage with insecticide-treated bed nets is a cornerstone of modern malaria control. Mozambique has developed a novel bed net allocation strategy, where the number of bed nets allocated per household is calculated on the basis of household composition and assumptions about who sleeps with whom. We set out to evaluate the performance of the novel allocation strategy.

Methods

A total of 1994 households were visited during household surveys following two universal coverage bed net distribution campaigns in Sofala and Nampula provinces in 2010-2013. Each sleeping space was observed for the presence of a bed net, and the sleeping patterns for each household were recorded. The observed coverage and efficiency were compared to a simulated coverage and efficien

SUBMITTER: Plucinski MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4738406 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature