Mortality in a seven-and-a-half-year follow-up of a trial of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in Ghana

F N Binka; A Hodgson; M Adjuik; T Smith

doi:10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90321-4

Mortality in a seven-and-a-half-year follow-up of a trial of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in Ghana

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Nov-Dec;96(6):597-9. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90321-4.

Authors

F N Binka¹, A Hodgson, M Adjuik, T Smith

Affiliation

¹ Navrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Ghana.

PMID: 12625130
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90321-4

Abstract

A 17% efficacy in preventing all-cause mortality in children aged 6-59 months was previously reported from a cluster-randomized controlled trial of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) carried out in the Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana from July 1993-June 1995. A follow-up until the end of 2000 found no indication in any age group of increased mortality in the ITN group after the end of the randomized intervention. These results should further encourage the use of ITNs as a malaria control tool in areas of high endemicity of Plasmodium falciparum.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bedding and Linens
Child, Preschool
Follow-Up Studies
Ghana / epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality
Insecticides*
Malaria, Falciparum / mortality*
Malaria, Falciparum / prevention & control
Mosquito Control / instrumentation
Mosquito Control / methods*
Survival Analysis
Survival Rate

Substances

Insecticides