[Malaria in Yaounde (Cameroon). Cost and antivectorial control at the family level].

In order to evaluate the financial charges of antivector control and disease at family level for "malaria disease" as perceived by Yaounde inhabitants, the authors carried out a transverse survey on a representative sample of populations derived from sampling surveys at different degrees. Malaria, so defined, represents a dominating endemic for which the yearly financial effort consented by each family amounts to 57,000 FCFA which represents medical care and entailed services as well as the purchase of chemicals for antivector control. The development of more efficient therapeutic behaviours and promotion of greater use of remanent insecticide impregnated bed nets comes in first in setting up training programmes aimed at health personnels and populations who are under their responsibility.