Haileselassie Werissaw, Adam Ruth, Habtemichael Mizan, David Randy E, Solomon Nabel, Workineh Salle, Haider Jemal, Belachew Ayele, Deressa Wakgari, Yan Guiyun, Kassaw Nigussie Assefa, Parker Daniel M
School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Chief of Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences, Detroit Health Department, City of Detroit 100 Mack Ave, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
Arch Public Health. 2023 Apr 21;81(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s13690-023-01075-6.
Despite global investments in malaria eradication and mitigation efforts, including the dissemination of ITNs to vulnerable communities, the goal of widespread malaria control among pregnant women has yet to be realized in many African countries. One of the explanations forwarded for this is related to the adoption and regular use of ITNs by pregnant women. Based on the available DHS and MIS data from four malaria high burden African countries- according to WHO malaria report 2020- inequality was measured by applying both relative and absolute summary measures for the four dimensions of inequality: economic status, education, place of residence and region. By considering the number of subgroups in each variable, simple and complex summary measures were used.ITN utilization by pregnant women showed an increasing trend over time in all the four countries. There was also significant inequality (variability) in the ITN utilization among population groups. DRC, Mozambique and Uganda showed noticeable inequality that favors the richest population, whereas in Nigeria the inequality was observed among both the rich and the poor during different survey yearsIn conclusion, in all the four countries, there were significant regional variations or differences in ITN use among pregnant mothers across all dimensions of inequality in the survey years. Tailored cost-effective interventions could be considered to improve ITN utilization among pregnant women.
尽管全球在疟疾根除和缓解方面进行了投资,包括向弱势群体社区分发驱虫蚊帐,但在许多非洲国家,孕妇中广泛控制疟疾的目标尚未实现。对此提出的一种解释与孕妇采用和定期使用驱虫蚊帐有关。根据世界卫生组织《2020年疟疾报告》,基于来自四个疟疾高负担非洲国家的现有 DHS 和 MIS 数据,通过对不平等的四个维度(经济状况、教育、居住地和地区)应用相对和绝对汇总指标来衡量不平等。通过考虑每个变量中的亚组数量,使用了简单和复杂的汇总指标。四个国家的孕妇驱虫蚊帐使用率均呈随时间上升趋势。人群中驱虫蚊帐的使用也存在显著不平等(差异)。刚果民主共和国、莫桑比克和乌干达存在明显的不平等,有利于最富人群,而在尼日利亚,在不同调查年份,贫富人群中均存在不平等。总之,在所有四个国家,在调查年份,孕妇在不平等的所有维度上使用驱虫蚊帐存在显著的地区差异。可以考虑采取量身定制的具有成本效益的干预措施,以提高孕妇对驱虫蚊帐的使用率。
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