Community knowledge and perceptions about malaria and practices influencing malaria control in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Abstract

The survey collected information which was directly relevant to the development of health education messages to increase community awareness of the problem of malaria, to emphasise the importance of early diagnosis and prompt treatment of malaria, to improve community understanding of the function of indoor residual spraying, and to enlighten the population of the role of mosquitoes in malaria transmission and the availability and benefits of personal protection measures against mosquito bites.