Distribution campaign | Governmental |
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Ensure a thorough census prior to starting Ensure every community has adequate access to the campaign Reach the missing 20% of households through improved sensitisation, social contacts or door-knocking Ensure sufficient supplies of nets Provide 1 net per 1.8 people Attach a dedicated “health educator,” (nurse or trained community health worker) to provide information on malaria, bed nets and IPTp. This could be expanded to other topics Provide pictorial/written instructions for correct net use at distribution e.g. tucking the net, occupancy, age of expiry Consider providing net repair kits (and instructions) with each net Improve the longevity of net labels, for identification of net age. This may require collaboration with manufacturers | Provide regular education programmes in schools, using teachers or healthcare workers Utilise local radio during and between campaigns. Sensitise communities and provide education on malaria prevention/identification and correct net use/care Education should highlight the potential human and financial cost of malaria, and misconceptions about net use and safety Ensure antenatal and immunisation programmes advertise the availability of free bed nets and are well-stocked to do so. Evaluate their distribution Consider a net exchange programme for broken/expired nets at the hospital Increase funding for, or access to, transport to hospital Extend these surveys to other islands for comparison Take measures to reduce poverty and improve access to items for which bed nets might be substituted e.g. fishing nets |