Housing gaps, mosquitoes and public viewpoints: a mixed methods assessment of relationships between house characteristics, malaria vector biting risk and …

EW Kaindoa, M Finda, J Kiplagat, G Mkandawile… - Malaria journal, 2018 - Springer
Background House improvement and environmental management can significantly improve
malaria transmission control in endemic communities. This study assessed the influence of …

Knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria in Cabo Verde: a country in the pre-elimination context

AJ DePina, AK Dia, A de Ascenção Soares Martins… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Malaria in Cape Verde is unstable, with a sporadic and seasonal
transmission of low endemicity. In this sense, the community perceptions regarding malaria …

Factors influencing the ownership and utilization of long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria prevention in Ethiopia

A Tassew, R Hopkins, W Deressa - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Utilization of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) is regarded as key malaria
prevention and control strategy. However, studies have reported a large gap in terms of both …

Community knowledge, attitudes and practices towards malaria in Ha-Lambani, Limpopo Province, South Africa: a cross-sectional household survey

M Munzhedzi, ET Rogawski McQuade, JL Guler… - Malaria journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Malaria remains a global health concern and is endemic in Limpopo,
Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal Provinces of South Africa, which aims to eliminate malaria …

Malaria prevention practices and associated environmental risk factors in a rural community in Wakiso district, Uganda

D Musoke, G Miiro, R Ndejjo, G Karani, K Morris… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Besides use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) and indoor residual
spraying (IRS), other complimentary measures including suitable housing structures, and …

Malaria treatment health seeking behaviors among international students at the University of Ghana Legon

M Lwenge, P Govule, SP Katongole, P Dako-Gyeke - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Appropriate management of malaria demands early health seeking behaviour
upon suspicion of malaria-like symptoms. This study examined malaria treatment seeking …

Malaria knowledge, attitude, and practice among communities involved in a seasonal malaria chemoprevention study in Nanyumbu and Masasi districts, Tanzania

B Ngasala, RO Mwaiswelo, F Chacky… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Utilization of malaria interventions is influenced by, among other things, the
level of knowledge and attitude that the community has toward the infection as well as the …

Malaria prevention practices and associated factors among households of Hawassa City Administration, Southern Ethiopia, 2020

A Fikrie, M Kayamo, H Bekele - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite it is easily preventable; malaria is still remains to be a major public
health problem in globally as well as in Ethiopia. The disease can be easily prevented …

Toward Malaria Elimination: Understanding Awareness, Prevention, and Health-Seeking Patterns in Odisha, India.

DK Panigrahi, MM Baig, B Vijayakumar… - The American Journal …, 2024 - europepmc.org
Given India's goal of eliminating malaria by 2030, this study aimed to investigate community
perspectives on malaria in highly endemic areas of Odisha, a region historically prone to …

Primary school students' poetic malaria messages from Jimma zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: a qualitative content analysis

Y Kebede, A Hayder, K Girma, F Abamecha… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background The engagement of schools in malaria control is an emerging strategy. Little is
known about the involvement of students in the development of malaria messages. This …