Use of insecticide-impregnated bed nets in Gambian primary health care: economic aspects.

Abstract:

:Village-wide use of permethrin-impregnated bed nets, compared with placebo-treated nets, has reduced clinical attacks of malaria by 63% in the Gambia. Costs were calculated for nets made by local tailors and for their treatment with insecticide in the villages, as well as for targeted chemoprophylaxis and back-up treatment for fever, in a comprehensive malaria control strategy through primary health care. The villagers' preferences for bed net fabrics and willingness to pay for them, and their preferences for various items of expenditure by ranked order, age group, and sex are given. Ethnic differences in the use of bed nets are also discussed.

authors

MacCormack CP,Snow RW,Greenwood BM

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-01-01 00:00:00

pages

209-14

issue

2

eissn

0042-9686

issn

1564-0604

journal_volume

67

pub_type

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