Challenges and opportunities for use of long-lasting insecticidal nets to prevent malaria during overnight travel in Uganda: a qualitative study

Abstract Background Travel is a well-recognized risk factor for malaria. Within sub-Saharan Africa, travellers from areas of lower to higher transmission intensity are potentially at high risk of malaria. Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are the primary tool for prevention of malaria, and thei...

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Published in:Malaria Journal
Main Authors: Deborah Ekusai-Sebatta, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Arthur Mpimbaza, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Chris Drakeley, Philip J. Rosenthal, Sarah G. Staedke, Herbert Muyinda
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021
Subjects:
Use of LLINs
Overnight travel
Malaria prevention
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Traveller
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03811-1
https://doaj.org/article/7d8ff47625ef462da3a878627b920da7

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