Quality Control of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets: Are We Neglecting It?

Insecticide-Treated Bednets / standards Malaria / prevention & control Papua New Guinea Quality Control
long-lasting insecticidal nets malaria vector control pyrethroid, bed net quality assurance

Journal

Trends in parasitology
ISSN: 1471-5007
Titre abrégé: Trends Parasitol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100966034

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
07 2021
Historique:
received: 18 01 2021
revised: 25 02 2021
accepted: 05 03 2021
pubmed: 29 3 2021
medline: 15 9 2021
entrez: 28 3 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Over 2.2 billion long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) for malaria control have been delivered to recipient countries. LLINs are the largest single item in the global malaria control budget. To be eligible for donor-funded procurement and distribution schemes, LLIN products must attain and retain World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification status by passing safety, quality, and efficacy benchmarks. Predelivery inspections further test product quality before distribution. We have shown that, despite these quality-assurance measures, substandard LLINs were distributed in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for at least 6 years (2013-2019). Other countries may have received similar LLINs. Here, we discuss the most important weaknesses of the current LLIN quality-assurance framework that have made this possible.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.03.004 PMID: 33773912
pubmed: 33773912
pii: S1471-4922(21)00056-8
doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.03.004
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

610-621

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of Interests There are no interests to declare.

Auteurs

Stephan Karl (S)

Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, 1/14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, QLD, 4870, Australia; Vector Borne Disease Research Unit, PNG Institute of Medical Research, P.O. Box 378, Madang, 511, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Electronic address: stephan.karl@jcu.edu.au.

Michelle Katusele (M)

Vector Borne Disease Research Unit, PNG Institute of Medical Research, P.O. Box 378, Madang, 511, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Timothy W Freeman (TW)

Rotarians Against Malaria, P.O. Box 3686, Port Moresby, 121, NCD, Papua New Guinea.

Sarah J Moore (SJ)

Vector Control Product Testing Unit, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 74, Bagamoyo, Tanzania; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Vector Biology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Socinstrasse, 57, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4001, Basel, Switzerland.

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Classifications MeSH

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