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Table 12 Community's opinion of what needs to be done to control malaria on Rusinga

From: An exploratory study of community factors relevant for participatory malaria control on Rusinga Island, western Kenya

Reasons

n

%

Total N = 939

  

Everybody needs to sleep under a bednet

482

51.3

Everybody needs to clear vegetation for compound to be open

346

36.8

Stagnant water needs to be drained or treated to kill larvae

258

27.5

Government to provide control (including free bednets, larvicide and clearing vegetation)

91

9.7

Everybody to keep compound clean and built latrines

84

8.9

Free and proper diagnosis and treatment in hospitals

79

8.4

Everybody to take anti-malarial drugs

57

6.1

Provision of training on malaria control

52

5.5

Provision of access to safe water

33

3.5

Everybody to use preventive measures in the house

27

2.9

Malaria vaccine needs to be introduced

12

1.3

Living standards need to be improved

3

0.3