Malaria long lasting insecticidal nets

The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners initiated a project named Roll Back Malaria in 1998 (9). Its objective is a 50% reduction of the malaria burden by 2010. To reach its objective, the Roll Back Malaria project wanted to promote the development of a long-lasting insecticidal net. A long-lasting insecticidal net was important because re-treatment rates after washing are very low even in urban areas, and it is difficult to access remote areas. 

Olyset Net, a Long Lasting Insecticidal Net for Malaria Control... 

N. HUl, H. N. Zhou, P. Wang, X. Guo, I. Carneiro, and S. J. Moore, A household randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of 0.03% Transfluthrin coils alone and in combination with long-lasting insecticidal nets on the incidence of P. falciparum and P. vivax malaria infection in western Yunnan Province, China, Malaria Journal, in press. 

S. P. Onyango, E. L. Turner, E. T. Simfukwe, J. E. Miller, and S. J. Moore. A cluster-randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of using 15% DEET topical repellent with long lasting insecticide nets (LLlNs) compared to a placebo lotion with LLINs on malaria transmission in a rural Tanzanian village. Malaria Journal, in press. 

Finally, longevity of the insecticide applied to a bed net is very important when these are being used in malaria control strategies by the population in endemic countries, where the very long-lasting insecticide treatments are used. For occasional travelers who might only use a bed net for a single trip, this is probably of less importance. 

Health education, provision of free repellents, and/or permethrin-treated clothing plus long-lasting insecticide-treated hammock nets to miners. Topical repellents in this region prevent 80% of malaria among users in the Bolivian Amazon OR = 0.20 (95% Cl = 0.11-0.38) Permethrin-treated uniforms prevented malaria OR = 0.24 (95%... 

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