According to the August 2007 WHO Position Statement on insecticide-treated mosquito nets, national malaria control programmes and their partners involved in insecticide-treated net interventions should:

• purchase only long-lasting insecticidal nets;
• distribute free or highly subsidized LLINs, either directly or through voucher/coupon schemes;
• achieve full LLIN coverage, including in high-transmission areas, by distributing LLINs through existing public health services;
• develop and implement locally appropriate communication and advocacy strategies to promote effective use of LLINs; and
• implement strategies to sustain high levels of LLIN coverage in parallel with strategies for achieving rapid scale-up.

Links & resources:

• RBM Partnership Working Group for Scalable Malaria Vector Control
• WHOPES WHO Pesticides Evaluation Scheme web site
• WHO Recommended List: Insecticides for Treatment of Mosquito Nets
• WHO Recommended List: Insecticides for Indoor Residual Spraying
• WHO Recommended List: Long-lasting Insecticidal Mosquito Nets
• Report of the Tenth WHOPES Working Group Meeting
• Report of the Eleventh WHOPES Working Group Meeting
• WHO Manual for Indoor Residual Spraying (third edition)
• WHO Global Insecticide Use For Vector-Borne Disease Contro (third edition)
• December 2006 interim recommendation on insecticide treatment for washed polyester nets: K-O TAB1-2-3
• Is there a need to expose Olyset® nets to sun after washing?
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• Cost of LLIN (Olysets and Permanets)
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• Information on Factory Pre-treated Nets and Conventional Treatment of Coloured Mosquito Nets
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