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Efficiencies in the allocation of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention in urban Sub-Saharan Africa

2025-05-29 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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The extent to which insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), a key malaria prevention intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa, have been appropriately targeted to those at highest risk remains unknown, particularly within the urban context. We combined household surveys, programmatic ITN distribution data, and procurement cost data to estimate the number and cost of ITNs distributed in urban areas of Sub-Saharan Africa over the period 2010-2021, as well as trends in malaria prevalence and ITN access by wealt...

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