Determinants of ITN durability in sub-Saharan Africa: Secondary analysis of data from 37 durability monitoring sites
The objective of this secondary analysis was to describe levels of ITN attrition due to wear and tear and ITN physical integrity from durability monitoring studies conducted since 2015 and identify household and behavioural factors predictive of physical ITN survival.
The results of this analysis can be used to design and target interventions such as SBC messaging, aimed to increase the length of time ITNs remain present in households in serviceable condition. Increasing ITN survival times will increase the protection provided by ITNs against malaria when nets are used correctly and consistently.
Section 2 of this report presents the methods used for this secondary analysis and Section 3 presents the results. An interpretation of the results with implications for programme design is given in Section 4. Following the list of references, an annex presents a background on durability monitoring study methods and supplementary tables and figures.