Knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria in Cabo Verde: a country in the pre-elimination context.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria in Cape Verde is unstable, with a sporadic and seasonal transmission of low endemicity. In this sense, the community perceptions regarding malaria transmission, their attitudes and practices against the disease are very important to understand and to better develop the best strategical policies to achieve malaria elimination goal. This study aim to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of Cape Verdean population about malaria, a country in the elimination step of disease.

Methods

A cross-sectional malaria KAP Survey was performed at the household level. A structured open questionnaire was developed and applied to residents of randomly selected households from 5 islands and 15 municipalities in Cape Verde. Correlation analyses were performed u

SUBMITTER: DePina AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6604228 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature