SynthesisBulletin of the World Health Organization2012
Strategies for delivering insecticide-treated nets at scale for malaria control: a systematic review.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- The associations between malaria, interventions, and the environment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Malaria journal · 2018Pooled it
- Delivery arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Strategies to increase the ownership and use of insecticide-treated bednets to prevent malaria.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Effects of Door-to-Door Hang-Up Visits on the Use of Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Comparative functional survival and equivalent annual cost of 3 long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) products in Tanzania: A randomised trial with 3-year follow up.PLoS medicine · 2020Trial
- Insecticide-treated net use before and after mass distribution in a fishing community along Lake Victoria, Kenya: successes and unavoidable pitfalls.Malaria journal · 2014Trial
- The effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on the incidence and prevalence of malaria in children in an area of unstable seasonal transmission in western Myanmar.Malaria journal · 2013Trial
- A scoping review and systems thinking synthesis of scale-up frameworks.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Knowledge of malaria and preventive practices among Fulani pregnant women in the savannah Region of Northern Ghana.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- Malaria Prevention for Pregnant Women and Under-Five Children in 10 Sub-Saharan Africa Countries: Socioeconomic and Temporal Inequality Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Integrating and coordinating programs for the management of anemia across the life course.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Article
- Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence on Malaria in Pregnancy, 2005-2022: A Systematic Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Review
- Malaria transmission pattern across the Sahelian, humid savanna, highland and forest eco-epidemiological settings in Cameroon.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Factors associated with ownership and utilization of insecticide treated nets among children under five years in sub-Saharan Africa.BMC public health · 2022Review
- Ideational factors associated with net care behaviour: a multi-country analysis.Malaria journal · 2022Article
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- Factors associated with the use of insecticide-treated nets: analysis of the 2018 Burkina Faso Malaria Indicator Survey.Malaria journal · 2021Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of Human Populations towards Malaria Control in Four Ecoepidemiological Settings in Cameroon.Journal of tropical medicine · 2021Article
- Costs of insecticide-treated bed net distribution systems in sub-Saharan Africa.Malaria journal · 2020Article
- A Critical Enquiry into Variability of Insecticidal Net Use in Cambodia: Implications for Assessing Appropriateness of Malaria Elimination Interventions.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo synthesize findings from recent studies of strategies to deliver insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) at scale in malaria-endemic areas.
methodsDatabases were searched for studies published between January 2000 and December 2010 in which: subjects resided in areas with endemicity for Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria; ITN delivery at scale was evaluated; ITN ownership among households, receipt by pregnant women and/or use among children aged < 5 years was evaluated; and the study design was an individual or cluster-randomized controlled design, nonrandomized, quasi-experimental, before-and-after, interrupted time series or cross-sectional without temporal or geographical controls. Papers describing qualitative studies, case studies, process evaluations and cost-effectiveness studies linked to an eligible paper were also included. Study quality was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias checklist and GRADE criteria. Important influences on scaling up were identified and assessed across delivery strategies.
findingsA total of 32 papers describing 20 African studies were reviewed. Many delivery strategies involved health sectors and retail outlets (partial subsidy), antenatal care clinics (full subsidy) and campaigns (full subsidy). Strategies achieving high ownership among households and use among children < 5 delivered ITNs free through campaigns. Costs were largely comparable across strategies; ITNs were the main cost. Cost-effectiveness estimates were most sensitive to the assumed net lifespan and leakage. Common barriers to delivery included cost, stock-outs and poor logistics. Common facilitators were staff training and supervision, cooperation across departments or ministries and stakeholder involvement.
conclusionThere is a broad taxonomy of strategies for delivering ITNs at scale.
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