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Pratiques et dépenses pour la protection contre les moustiques dans les ménages à Kinshasa, Zaïre Institute of Tropical Medicine
An investigation on the knowledge, behaviour and practices regarding the protection against mosquitoes was carried out in June 1990 among 420 households in six districts of urban Kinshasa. Most of the surveyed families (92.4%) consider mosquitoes as a nuisance and 83.8% say to do something about it. Among the latter, 43.5% spend money for their protection: incense coils (85.6%), insecticide sprays (55.5%), bednets (38.6%). In May 1990, families ...
Prospects for malaria control in urban and rural Kinshasa Institute of Tropical Medicine
Malaria is a major cause of paediatric illness and death in Kinshasa, and all 3 million inhabitants are at risk. In view of the increasing chloroquine-resistance of Plasmodium falciparum, the early treatment of fever cases as the sole malaria control measure is no longer acceptable. The prospects for vector control are determined by the effectiveness, the acceptability and the practicability of the various methods in the local conditions of ...
Motivation à l'acquisition et à l'utilisation des moustiquaires imprégnées dans une zone à paludisme stable au Burundi Institute of Tropical Medicine
'Motivation to acquire and use impregnated mosquito nets in a stable malaria zone in Burundi': In Burundi, the purchase, acceptance and utilization of impregnated bed nets sold at a promotion price (2 $US) were evaluated in a stable malaria area (South-Imbo, district of Nyanza Lac) where this method of protection was previously unknown to the inhabitants. The sale of the impregnated nets differed between the administrative subdivisions ...