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Mosquito Control: Need for Community Education Programmes

INTRODUCTION MALARIA IS still one of the most important public health problems in many developing countries (Wernsdorfer, 1980). Efforts to control the disease have largely been hampered by the development of insecticide resistance in vectors, drug resistance by the parasites, financial and administrative constraints and lack of community involveent and participation (Bruce-Chwatt, 1980; WHO, 1980). ’Evidence is accumulating to suggest that malaria cannot be controlled effectively by any one method and that community participation ought to be an integral component of the control strategy if the control programme is to succeed (Peters, 1977; WHO, 1978; WHO, 1984). The education of the community on relevant aspects of the disease is essential if the cooperation and participation of the community is to be elicited and sustained. This requires that the control strategies take note of the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the community in relation to the disease for the