Niger : capacity-building plan for study and control of malaria, Niamey, Niger, September 1991

The plan calls for parasitological, entomological, KAP, (knowledge, attitudes, and practices), and epiclinical surveys to be carried out at different times of the year to account for seasonal differences in malarial transmission. Pilot surveys were conducted at four sites: (1) Monboye Tounga village and the Tanda dispensary in the Sudanian zone; (2) Dagouaje village and the Kona dispensary in the Sahelian zone; (3) Akarana village and the dispensary of Tchin Tabaraden in the Saharan zone; and (4) Boukoki district in Niamey. This report presents results of these pilot surveys. The three rural sites are described with respect to population, educational opportunities, religious beliefs, economic activities, health/malaria beliefs and practices, prevalence of parasitic infections and of mosquito larvae, and clinical records of treatment of suspected malaria cases. For the Niamey district, only entomological results are presented. Annexes include the study protocols as well as a summary of the findings of previous malaria studies in Niger, from the 1960"s onward.