Insecticide-treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs)

	Source: Karie Atkinson/USAID

ITNs treated with insecticide have been proved highly effective in killing mosquitoes. In addition, the netting acts as a protective barrier. Consistently sleeping under an ITN can decrease severe malaria by 45 percent, reduce premature births by 42 percent, and cut all-cause child mortality by 17 to 63 percent. PMI is expanding access to free and highly subsidized nets while also creating commercial markets in African countries.

Voices from the Field

• Ghana: Umbrella Sales Ladies Make Money Doing a Job They Like - (view page 4) [PDF, 875KB]
  
• Ghana: Progress Toward Building a Sustainable Market for ITNs [PDF, 858KB]
• Ghana: NetMark Successfully Implements Commercial Discount Voucher Scheme for ITNs [PDF, 260KB]
  


• Madagascar: First Person: Bednets Go Beyond Malaria Campaign
• Madagascar: Mosquito Nets Save Lives
  


• Senegal: Vouching for Bednets - Senegal Beats Back Malaria with a Deadly Featherweight
• Senegal: Women's Groups Net Profits while Fighting Malaria
  


• Tanzania: Nets Make Good Business
  


• Uganda: Net Retreatment Reduces Malaria in Ugandan Family

Additional Resources

• Insecticide-treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs) Fact Sheet
  
• USAID, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22, CFR 216.3; USAID Environmental Regulations
• WHO Releases New Guidance on Insecticide-treated Mosquito Nets
  For the first time, WHO recommends that insecticidal nets be long-lasting, and distributed either free or highly subsidized and used by all community members
  
  • Insecticide-treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs): a Position Statement [PDF, 594KB]
    
• Personal Protection and Vector Control Options for Prevention of Malaria [PDF, 35KB]
  RBM Partnership Consensus Statement
  
• The Western Kenya insecticide-treated bed net trial
  
• The Workshop on Mapping Models for Delivery of ITNs through Targeted Subsidies — Zambia
  Hosted by the RBM Partnership Secretariat and the Government of Zambia, May 11-13, 2003
  
• Malaria and HIV/AIDS Interactions and Implications: Conclusions of a Technical Consultation [PDF, 144KB]
  Conclusions of a Technical Consultation convened by WHO, June 23-25, 2004