Despite existence of effective tools for @entity311 control, @entity311 continues to be one of the leading killer diseases especially among under-five year @entity1 and pregnant @entity1 in poor rural populations of Sub Saharan Africa. In @entity66 contributes to 39.4% of the total OPD attendances. In terms of mortality, @entity311 is known to be responsible for more than one third of deaths among @entity1 of age below 5 years and also contributes for up to one fifth of deaths among pregnant @entity1 . This paper is based on a study conducted in a rural community along the shores of Lake Victoria in Mwanza region, North-Western Tanzania. The study explores reasons for scepticism and low uptake of insecticide treated mosquito nets (ITNs) that were promoted through social marketing strategy for @entity311 control prior to the introduction of long lasting nets (LLN). The paper breaks from traditional approach that tend to study low uptake of health interventions in terms of structural practical constraints--cost, accessibility, everyday priorities--or in terms of cognition--insufficient knowledge of benefits e.g. ignorance of public health messages. This paper has shown that, the majority of @entity1 who could afford the prices of ITNs and who knew where to obtain the insecticides did not necessarily buy them. This suggests that, although @entity1 tend to report cost-related factors as a barrier against the use of ITNs, there are other critical concerns at work. Without underestimating the practical factors, our study have recommended to consider critical examinations of those other concerns that hinder optimal utilization of ITN for @entity311 control, and the basis for those concerns.

Scepticism towards insecticide treated mosquito nets for XXXX control in rural community in north-western Tanzania.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'children', 'people'] @entity311 :: ('MESH:D008288', 'Disease') :: ['malaria'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['Tanzania Mainland the disease']
@entity311 :: (MESH:D008288,Disease) :: ['malaria']
