Social determinants of long lasting insecticidal hammock use among the Ra-glai ethnic minority in Vietnam: implications for forest malaria control.

BACKGROUND: Long-lasting insecticidal hammocks (LLIHs) are being evaluated as an additional malaria prevention tool in settings where standard control strategies have a limited impact. This is the case among the Ra-glai ethnic minority communities of Ninh Thuan, one of the forested and mountainous p...

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Main Authors: Koen Peeters Grietens, Xa Nguyen Xuan, Joan Ribera, Thang Ngo Duc, Wim van Bortel, Nhat Truong Ba, Ky Pham Van, Hung Le Xuan, Umberto D'Alessandro, Annette Erhart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3257264?pdf=render