ASSESSMENT OF MALARIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL METHODS IN SHENDI LOCALITY, SUDAN 2015
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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v4.i6.2016.2648Keywords:
Methods, Prevention, Control, Malaria, CommunityAbstract [English]
This paper represented the founding of community based cross sectional study conducted to assess methods of prevention and control of malaria in Shendi city. Specifically it aims to evaluate the different methods of prevention service offered by local health authorities.Evaluation of community participation towards control of malaria and evaluation of personal protection against mosquito bite.Sample size of 192 was selected randomly out of 9000 households. An interview’ questionnaires and observations were used to collect the data from households, then the data was analyzed using both Microsoft Excel and Statistic Package for Social Sciences program (SPSS).The main results showed that Most dominant level of education of shendi populationwas university and secondary school.The study concludes that most population used personal protection against mosquito bites.
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