An exploratory study of community factors relevant for participatory malaria control on Rusinga Island, western Kenya

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Killeen Gerry F, Kiche Ibrahim, Mathenge Evan, Mukabana W Richard, Opiyo Pamela, Fillinger Ulrike
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2007
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Rusinga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-48; https://doaj.org/article/dd0b52b8d62c472ca96a1e1072e5423e

Abstract Background Capacity strengthening of rural communities, and the various actors that support them, is needed to enable them to lead their own malaria control programmes. Here the existing capacity of a rural community in western Kenya was evaluated in preparation for a larger intervention. M...