Status of Indoor Residual Spraying by Deltamethrin in Malaria Elimination Program, Southeastern Iran
Background: Iran is one of the countries implementing indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria control. Deltamethrin (DLT) is one of the insecticides recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) for this program. IRS is currently performed in Sistan and Baluchistan province as an area with unsta...
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| author | Jalil Nejati Monireh Mahjoob Malek Kiyani Amir Keyhani Abdolghaffar Hasanzehi |
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| description | Background: Iran is one of the countries implementing indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria control. Deltamethrin (DLT) is one of the insecticides recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) for this program. IRS is currently performed in Sistan and Baluchistan province as an area with unstable malaria situation and the highest prevalence of malaria in the country. DLT has been used since 2003 in this area. The purpose of this study is to determine IRS status of DLT in malaria elimination program in this province.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data on workers, insecticide formulation, amount of used insecticide, the number of sprayed places, and spray coverage percent in a period of four years between 2008 and 2011 from six districts of the province were collected and analyzed.
Results: IRS was implemented by two DLT formulations (WP 5%, WG 25%) two rounds yearly. Mean of coverage percentage was 85.12±2.47 on fixed places and 95.87±2.47 for temporary places. On average, every worker sprayed in each round eight hours a day (non-continuously) by 6 to 8 pumps containing DLT at 625 to 780 mg-Lit concentration. Thus, workers were in contact with high daily doses of DLT mist.
Conclusion: Health system must provide suitable equipment and logistics support for spraymen’s health. Also, training workers would certainly be effective. Instructing and explaining the important role of IRS in malaria prevention to households can be effective in spraying coverage augmentation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d14d87d50c8f493ca5166b8b2b17e4e42022-12-21T18:00:17ZengArak University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Toxicology2008-29672251-94592012-05-01616600604Status of Indoor Residual Spraying by Deltamethrin in Malaria Elimination Program, Southeastern IranJalil Nejati 0Monireh Mahjoob1Malek Kiyani 2 Amir Keyhani 3Abdolghaffar Hasanzehi4Department of Disease Prevention, Province Health Center, Zahedan,Iran. *Corresponding Author E-mail: jnejati@razi.tums.ac.irMSPH, Health promotion center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.MD-MPH, Province Health Center, Zahedan, Iran. MSPH Student of Medical Parasitology, School of Health, Tehran. University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. BSc of Medical Entomology, Province Health Center, Zahedan, Iran.Background: Iran is one of the countries implementing indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria control. Deltamethrin (DLT) is one of the insecticides recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) for this program. IRS is currently performed in Sistan and Baluchistan province as an area with unstable malaria situation and the highest prevalence of malaria in the country. DLT has been used since 2003 in this area. The purpose of this study is to determine IRS status of DLT in malaria elimination program in this province. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data on workers, insecticide formulation, amount of used insecticide, the number of sprayed places, and spray coverage percent in a period of four years between 2008 and 2011 from six districts of the province were collected and analyzed. Results: IRS was implemented by two DLT formulations (WP 5%, WG 25%) two rounds yearly. Mean of coverage percentage was 85.12±2.47 on fixed places and 95.87±2.47 for temporary places. On average, every worker sprayed in each round eight hours a day (non-continuously) by 6 to 8 pumps containing DLT at 625 to 780 mg-Lit concentration. Thus, workers were in contact with high daily doses of DLT mist. Conclusion: Health system must provide suitable equipment and logistics support for spraymen’s health. Also, training workers would certainly be effective. Instructing and explaining the important role of IRS in malaria prevention to households can be effective in spraying coverage augmentation.http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=120&slc_lang=en&sid=1&ftxt=1DeltamethrinIranIRSMalaria |
| spellingShingle | Jalil Nejati Monireh Mahjoob Malek Kiyani Amir Keyhani Abdolghaffar Hasanzehi Status of Indoor Residual Spraying by Deltamethrin in Malaria Elimination Program, Southeastern Iran Iranian Journal of Toxicology Deltamethrin Iran IRS Malaria |
| title | Status of Indoor Residual Spraying by Deltamethrin in Malaria Elimination Program, Southeastern Iran |
| title_full | Status of Indoor Residual Spraying by Deltamethrin in Malaria Elimination Program, Southeastern Iran |
| title_fullStr | Status of Indoor Residual Spraying by Deltamethrin in Malaria Elimination Program, Southeastern Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Status of Indoor Residual Spraying by Deltamethrin in Malaria Elimination Program, Southeastern Iran |
| title_short | Status of Indoor Residual Spraying by Deltamethrin in Malaria Elimination Program, Southeastern Iran |
| title_sort | status of indoor residual spraying by deltamethrin in malaria elimination program southeastern iran |
| topic | Deltamethrin Iran IRS Malaria |
| url | http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=120&slc_lang=en&sid=1&ftxt=1 |
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