Scale-up of a programme for malaria vector control using long-lasting insecticide-treated nets: lessons from South Sudan/Elargissement d'un programme de lutte contre les vecteurs du paludisme a l'aide de moustiquaires impregnees d'insecticide longue duree: les lecons du Soudan du Sud

Approach In 2006, Southern Sudan--known as South Sudan after independence in 2011--initiated a strategic plan to increase LLIN coverage so that at least 60% of households had at least one LLIN each. By 2008, the target coverage was 80% of households and the Global Fund had financed a phased scale-up...

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Published inBulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 92; no. 4; pp. 290 - 296
Main Authors Chanda, Emmanuel, Remijo, Constantino D, Pasquale, Harriet, Baba, Samson P, Lako, Richard L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published World Health Organization 01.04.2014
Subjects
Complications and side effects
Control
Malaria
Medicine, Preventive
Methods
Mosquitoes
Preventive health services
Sudan
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Summary:Approach In 2006, Southern Sudan--known as South Sudan after independence in 2011--initiated a strategic plan to increase LLIN coverage so that at least 60% of households had at least one LLIN each. By 2008, the target coverage was 80% of households and the Global Fund had financed a phased scale-up of LLIN distribution in the region. Approche En 2006, le sud du Soudan--appele Soudan du Sud apres son independance en 2011--a lance un plan strategique visant a augmenter la couverture des MILD, de sorte qu'au moins 60% des menages disposent d'une moustiquaire au moins. En 2008, l'objectif de couverture etait de 80% des menages et le Fonds mondial a finance un elargissement progressif de la distribution des MILD dans la region.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.13.126862