Kenya

Net use has increased since 2010 among the household population, children under age 5,
and pregnant women. Improvements are especially notable in the lake and coast endemic zones and
the highland epidemic zone. Access to household LLINs at the household level largely determines
use.
Forty percent of the household members that slept under a net the night before the survey
slept under a net with holes, which may not have provided adequate protection from mosquito bites.
A majority of respondents feel positively towards net use and malaria prevention, both
nationally and by transmission zone. A minority, one-quarter, incorrectly believe that people are at risk
of getting malaria only during the rainy season.
3.5 RECOMMENDATIONS
The government and partners should utilize all practical strategies to achieve universal net
coverage in the targeted malaria risk areas of the country. Because access to LLINs at the household
level largely determines use, efforts should focus on increasing the number of LLINs in households,
especially those with vulnerable populations such as young children and women of child-bearing age.
Advocacy, communication, and social mobilization efforts should be made to increase
community demand for malaria prevention measures, including use of LLINs and appropriate net
care.
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