Interpreting household survey data intended to measure insecticide-treated bednet coverage: results from two surveys in Eritrea

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Yukich Josh, Macintyre Kate, Eisele Thomas P, Ghebremeskel Tewolde
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2006
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Barka
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-5-36; https://doaj.org/article/21b83732931740fb9fa2b74d67d646e8

Abstract Background As efforts are currently underway to roll-out insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) to populations within malarious areas in Africa, there is an unprecedented need for data to measure the effectiveness of such programmes in terms of population coverage. This paper examines methodolo...