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Effective Strategies for Malaria Control: ITN Household Questionnaire Module Overview

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This overview of the ITN Household Questionnaire Module highlights key strategies in combating malaria, focusing on insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), intermittent preventive therapy for pregnant women, and immediate treatment for children with fever. The guidelines aim to support the global malaria elimination efforts as outlined in the MDG 6 targets. The module is essential for assessing household access to ITNs, and determining the presence of other malaria prevention measures. It is specifically applicable to malaria-endemic areas where transmission is an ongoing concern.

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Effective Strategies for Malaria Control: ITN Household Questionnaire Module Overview

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  1. Household QuestionnaireITN MODULE

  2. Household QuestionnaireITN MODULE • Global Malaria Distribution90% of malaria deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa Red indicates areas where malaria transmission is thought to occur; lighter color indicates areas of limited risk. Source: WHO, 2003

  3. Household QuestionnaireITN MODULE Goals MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Target 8: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

  4. Household QuestionnaireITN MODULE Roll Back Malaria Main Strategies For Combating Malaria • Vector control through insecticide treated nets (ITNs) • Intermittent Preventive Therapy (IPT) for pregnant women • Prompt and effective treatment for children with fever

  5. Household QuestionnaireITN MODULE Indicators • % households with at least one ITN • % of pregnant women receiving IPT • % under fives sleeping under ITNs • % under fives with fever receiving prompt and effective anti-malarial treatment

  6. Household QuestionnaireITN MODULE MICS Modules • ITN module • Malaria module for women • Malaria module for children

  7. Household QuestionnaireITN MODULE Eligibility • Used only in malaria risk areas and malaria endemic countries where malaria transmission is known to be occurring

  8. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIREITN MODULE Content • Questions to identify if a household possesses at least one ITN • Availability of treated and untreated nets in household • Length of time household owned a pretreated net • When most recent treatment of net occurred

  9. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIREITN MODULE Preparation • Contact National Malaria Control Programme • Identify all brands of treated mosquito nets • Obtain photographs or description of brand logos to serve as aids in field (sometimes difficult to identify brands by observing)

  10. MALARIA MODULES (continued) Add ITN module to household questionnaire prior to the salt iodization module.

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