Gonahasa, Samuel, Nassali, Martha, Maiteki‑Sebuguzi, Catherine, Namuganga, Jane F., Opigo, Jimmy, Nabende, Isaiah, Okiring, Jaffer, Epstein, Adrienne, Snyman, Katherine, Nankabirwa, Joaniter I., Kamya, Moses R., Dorsey, Grant and Staedke, Sarah (2024) 'LLIN evaluation in Uganda project (LLINEUP2): association between housing construction and malaria burden in 32 districts'. Malaria Journal, Vol 23, Issue 1, e190.
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Abstract
Background: Well-built housing limits mosquito entry and can reduce malaria transmission. The association between community-level housing and malaria burden in Uganda was assessed using data from randomly selected households near 64 health facilities in 32 districts.
Methods: Houses were classified as ‘improved’ (synthetic walls and roofs, eaves closed or absent) or ‘less-improved’ (all other construction). Associations between housing and parasitaemia were made using mixed effects logistic regression (individual-level) and multivariable fractional response logistic regression (community-level), and between housing and malaria incidence using multivariable Poisson regression.
Results: Between November 2021 and March 2022, 4.893 children aged 2–10 years were enrolled from 3.518 houses; of these, 1.389 (39.5%) were classified as improved. Children living in improved houses had 58% lower odds (adjusted odds ratio = 0.42, 95% CI 0.33–0.53, p < 0.0001) of parasitaemia than children living in less-improved houses. Communities with > 67% of houses improved had a 63% lower parasite prevalence (adjusted prevalence ratio 0.37, 95% CI 0.19–0.70, p < 0.0021) and 60% lower malaria incidence (adjusted incidence rate ratio 0.40, 95% CI 0.36–0.44, p < 0.0001) compared to communities with < 39% of houses improved.
Conclusions: Improved housing was strongly associated with lower malaria burden across a range of settings in Uganda and should be utilized for malaria control.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 110 Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 240 Disinfection. Disinfestation. Pesticides (including diseases caused by) WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 750 Malaria WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 765 Prevention and control |
Faculty: Department: | Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department |
Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-05012-y |
SWORD Depositor: | JISC Pubrouter |
Depositing User: | JISC Pubrouter |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2024 14:39 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2024 14:39 |
URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/24764 |
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