The US wants to give out 30 000 mosquitonets for free in Rufiji. Starting next week. Quite exciting especially because this area belongs to the poorest and they rarely have money to get the nets. Even the pregnant women that get a discount voucher sometimes don’t manage to get the remaining 750 tanzanian shilling which has an approximate equivalent of 75 US cents. So I am very happy for the people here that they can have those mosquito nets. Also the acceptance of it is quite good. The women we interviewed all really like the nets… A difficult thing will be now to distribute NGAO (the insecticides for the net) for free too. A first package is inside the mosquito net but it needs to be retreated every 3 months to keep the repellent and killing capacity. Many people here fail to get the 300 Tsh that are needed for this.. And a mosquitonet without insecticides is almost as helpful as no mosquitonet according to some literature (Heggenhougen, 88 ff.)
So this makes me happy. :) have a good day and enjoy the pics
Heggenhougen H K, Hackethal V, Vivek P: The behavioural and social aspects of malaria and its control. An introduction and annotated bibliography. Geneva: Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (WHO - TDR), 2003.
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