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Mosques against malaria
M S Mfaume1, P J Winch, A M Makemba
1Bagamoyo Bednet Project, Dares Salaam, Tanzania.
World Health Forum
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
In a community-based malaria control project covering a predominantly Muslim population in the United Republic of Tanzania, difficulty was encountered in motivating people to have their mosquito nets reimpregnated with insecticide at six-monthly intervals. Education on this subject was therefore provided in mosques during Friday noon prayers. People who attended these services considered them an appropriate forum for discussing health concerns and viewed them as a credible source of information.
Keywords:
AfricaAfrica South Of The SaharaCommunicationDeveloping CountriesDiseasesEastern AfricaEducationEnglish Speaking AfricaHealthHealth EducationInfluentialsIngredients And ChemicalsIslamKnowledge SourcesMalaria--prevention and controlParasite ControlParasitic DiseasesPesticidesPublic HealthReligionSummary ReportTanzania