Effectiveness Study of New Generation Bednets in the Context of Conventional Insecticide Resistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Overview

Despite the mass distribution of LLINs (long-lasting insecticidal nets) as a Malaria control strategy, populations are still continuously exposed to a high frequency of malarial inoculation in some countries. The situation can be explained by a swift increase in the resistance of Anopheles to common insecticides. To preserve the gains of insecticides and improve their effectiveness, a new generation of bednets treated with piperonyl butoxide combination insectides have emerged.But more evidence is needed to plead for scale up of their usage. The lack of information relating to the additional impact of that combination on the transmission of Malaria, its relative efficacy in real-life setting and its safety in users are the rationale for more investigation.This will be a randomized controlled study on a dynamic cohort of households with 1680, 0-10 years-old subjects in 30 villages will be recruited to compute the effectiveness of this new tool. The findings will be useful information for decision-making by national malaria control programs, their partners, the international community and the bednet manufacturers with regard to the effectiveness of the new combination of insecticides in real-life context. The results will also enable a better design of the tool in the future and a broader understanding of long-term dynamics for sustainability, as well as identification of some factors with negative impacts on the benefits of the strategy.

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