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Community knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) on malaria in Swaziland: A country earmarked for malaria elimination

Khumbulani W Hlongwana*, Musawenkosi LH Mabaso, Simon Kunene, Dayanandan Govender and Rajendra Maharaj

Malaria Journal 2009, 8:29 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-29

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Assessing healthcare providers' knowledge and practices relating to insecticide-treated nets and the prevention of malaria in Ghana, Laos, Senegal and Tanzania

Steven J Hoffman, G Emmanuel Guindon, John N Lavis, Godwin D Ndossi, Eric JA Osei, Mintou Sidibe, Boungnong Boupha, Malaria Journal 2011, 10:363 (13 December 2011)

As the quality of care and outcomes of public health interventions depend heavily on proper counselling by the health workers and on a real "evidence-based practice", the results of this study are important for the appropriate development of any intervention aiming, not only to fight malaria, but also to improve the clinical practice in general.

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What drives community adherence to indoor residual spraying (IRS) against malaria in Manhiça district, rural Mozambique: a qualitative study

Khátia Munguambe, Robert Pool, Catherine Montgomery, Carlos Bavo, Ariel Nhacolo, Lina Fiosse, Charfudin Sacoor, Delino Nhalungo, Samuel Mabunda, Eusébio Macete, Pedro Alonso Malaria Journal 2011, 10:344 (23 November 2011)

The paper outlines the importance of qualitative research in understanding community programmes.

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Changing individual-level risk factors for malaria with declining transmission in southern Zambia: a cross-sectional study

Catherine G Sutcliffe, Tamaki Kobayashi, Harry Hamapumbu, Timothy Shields, Aniset Kamanga, Sungano Mharakurwa, Philip E Thuma, Gregory Glass, William J Moss Malaria Journal 2011, 10:324 (31 October 2011)

The paper raises an interesting question which has relevance to current efforts to eliminate and control malaria, namely whether risk factors for malaria vary over the time.

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Knowledge and reported practices of men and women on maternal and child health in rural Guinea Bissau: a cross sectional survey

Rebecca King, Vera Mann, Peter D Boone BMC Public Health 2010, 10:319 (8 June 2010)