Environmental and sociodemographic factors associated with household malaria burden in the Congo.

Nlandu Roger NgatuSakiko KanbaraAndre RenzahoRoger WumbaEtongola P MbelambelaSifa M J MuchangaBasilua Andre MuzemboNgombe Leon-KabambaChoomplang NattadechTomoko SuzukiNumbi Oscar-LuboyaKoji WadaMitsunori IkedaSayumi NojimaTomohiko SugishitaShunya Ikeda

Published in: Malaria journal (2019)

This study showed that household size, income, WASH status and rural site were malaria-associated factors. Scaling up malaria prevention through improving WASH status in the residential environment may contribute to reducing the disease burden.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
south africa
risk factors
physical activity
mental health
air pollution
risk assessment