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Authors: Rashed S.^{1, 2}; Johnson H.³; Dongier P.⁴; Gbaguidi C.⁵; Laleye S.⁶; Tchobo S.⁵; Gyorkos T.⁷; Maclean J.²; Moreau R.^{1, 5}

Source: Health Policy and Planning, Volume 12, Number 1, March 1997 , pp. 67-76(10)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract:

Through a Benin-Canada participatory research initiative which included both Benin and Canadian non-governmental organization, a local capacity to produce and market bednets for the prevention of malaria was developed. The development process began following a community-based assessment of local needs and skills. All materials for the manufacture and distribution of the bednets were obtained locally with the exception of the netting which was imported from Canada. The sustainability of the enterprise is enhanced by the community's recognition of the importance of malaria and the culturally acceptable practice of bednet use.

Language: English

Document Type: Original article

Affiliations: 1: Pediatrics Department, Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Canada 2: McGill University Centre for Tropical Diseases, Montreal General Hospital, Canada 3: Management and Social Dimension, CAC International, Montreal, Canada 4: Clinique Sante-Accueil, Hopital Saint-Luc, Nontreal, Canada 5: Organisation Savaloise pour la Solidarite et le Developpement, Savalou, Benin, Nigeria 6: Centre de Promotion Sociale, Hopital de Savalou, Benin, Nigeria 7: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University and Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Montreal General Hospital, Canada

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Sustaining malaria prevention in Benin: local production of bednets