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Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique

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Malar. j. (Online); 20 (293), 2021

Background: In Mozambique, socio-economic and cultural factors influence the wide adoption of disease preventive measures that are relevant for malaria control strategies to promote early recognition of disease, prompt seeking of medical care, sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and taking i...

Socioeconomic Factors, Cultural Factors, Cross-Sectional Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Malaria/prevention & control, Mozambique, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Malaria/psychology, Rural Population/statistics & numerical data

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Examining community perceptions of malaria to inform elimination efforts in Southern Mozambique: a qualitative study

Background: In a background of renewed calls for malaria eradication, several endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa are contemplating malaria elimination nationally or sub-nationally. In Mozambique, a strategy to eliminate malaria in the south is underway in the context of low endemicity levels and cro...