Reports of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets catching on fire : a threat to bed net users and to successful malaria control?

Marc Egrot; Roch Houngnihin; Carine Baxerres; Georgia Damien; Armel Djènontin; Fabrice Chandre; Cédric Pennetier; Vincent Corbel; Franck Remoué

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-13-247

Reports of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets catching on fire : a threat to bed net users and to successful malaria control?

Marc Egrot ^{1, 2} Roch Houngnihin ³ Carine Baxerres ^{4, 5} Georgia Damien ^{1, 2} Armel Djènontin ^{1, 2, 6} Fabrice Chandre ¹ Cédric Pennetier ^{1, 2} Vincent Corbel ^{1, 7} Franck Remoué ^{1, 2}

1 MIVEGEC - Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle

2 CREC - Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou

3 DSA - Département de Sociologie-Anthropologie

4 CERPAGE - Centre d'Etude et de Recherche sur le Paludisme Associé à la Grossesse et l'Enfance (CERPAGE)

5 MERIT - UMR_D 216 - Mère et enfant face aux infections tropicales

6 Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques

7 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture

Abstract : Background: One of the control tools to reduce malaria transmission is the use of LLINs. However, several studies show that household bed net use is quite low. A study was developed to better understand the cultural factors that might explain these gaps in Benin. One reason mentioned is that bed nets can catch on fire and cause harm. This paper presents a summary of these findings, their analysis and the ensuing issues.

Keywords : Communication strategy Anthropology Fires Use rate Malaria Bed nets

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Humanities and Social Sciences / Social Anthropology and ethnology

Life Sciences [q-bio] / Santé publique et épidémiologie

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