Maintenance behaviour and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLITNs) previously introduced into Bourapar district, Khammouane province, Lao PDR》.pdf

ARTICLE IN PRESS Public Health (2007) 121, 122– 129 /journals/pubh Original Research Maintenance behaviour and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLITNs) previously introduced into Bourapar district, Khammouane province, Lao PDR a b a, a Y. Shirayama , S. Phompida , C. Kuroiwa , M. Miyoshi , J. Okumuraa, J. Kobayashic aDepartment of International Health Policy and Planning, School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan bCenter of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR cThe Asian Centre of International Parasite Control, Thailand Received 1 September 2005; received in revised form 5 April 2006; accepted 28 June 2006 Available online 9 January 2007 KEYWORDS Summary Background: Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLITNs) are expected Long-lasting insecti- to be an important advance in malaria control, but operational experience is still cide-treated nets scarce. This study presents some operational findings concerning the introduction of (LLITNs); OlysetTM LLITNs (Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd, Japan) in Laos. The study site, Maintenance beha- Bourapar district, a remote district at high risk of malaria, received OlysetTM nets viour; during 1999–2000. After distribution of the nets the number of malaria cases in the Malaria prevention; district hospital decreased for a time, however it began to rise again a year after the Willingness-to-pay intervention. To sustai