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Pokuase, Ghana

LLINs

What is a Long-Lasting Insecticidal Net (LLIN)?

An LLIN is a mosquito net impregnated with insecticide.

The insecticide is cleverly bound within the fibres that make up the netting and is 'slow released' over a 4-5 year period. Hence 'long lasting'.

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3,200 LLINs

Apr-May 08
Distributed by
WomensTrust

Status
Distribution complete

Distribution status

The bednet distribution programmes go through a number of different states from being manufactured to being installed over a head/bed:

Being manufactured
Ready at factory
En-route to country
Arrived in country
En-route to zone
Being distributed
Distribution complete

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Donation to Distribution: We match specific donations to specific distributions. The donations
listed below add up (or will add up) exactly to the cost of the distribution. More...

Sponsor/Donor	Location	Country	Message	Amount
Will Bacon	New York	USA		US$100.00
Jenny Mac	Perkisie, PA	USA	To get us started....	US$20.00
Cramp School	Philadelphia	USA	Our School Raised this in a day!!! Our change t...	US$95.00
Graham McCann	Santa Monica	USA	bed nets rule!	US$5.00
Danielle De Costanzo	Mill Valley	USA	for Bridget	US$20.00
kat sun	mill valley	USA		US$20.00
Anonymous	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	One life saved!	US$100.00
Anonymous	Washington D.C.	USA		US$50.00
WomensTrust Inc	Wilmot, NH	USA		US$2,600.00
WomensTrust Inc	Wilmot, NH	USA		US$5,720.00
WomensTrust Inc	Wilmot, NH	USA		US$1,080.00
WomensTrust Inc	Wilmot, NH	USA		US$3,500.00
Interest gap (in order to match the exact cost of the nets)				US$ 2.00

Photos and Videos

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Picking up nets in Tema...

Loading nets...

A full van...

Signing for the nets...

Nets arrive in Pokuase...	Waiting for nets at the first distribution...	Patiently...	Lots of children...	A bednet demonstration...
Nurses and health education workers (HEWs) before the distribution...	Community nurse Victoria Owusu supervising the distribution...	One of the first nets to be distributed...	One of the first mum's to receive a net...	Mother with net...
And another...	And another...	And another...	And another...	Happy kids with a mosquito net...
Waiting for nets at the second distribution...	Free vaccination (not for malaria - it doesn't exist)...	Child with a net...	Receiving nets at the second distribution...	And another...
And another...	Scene at the distribution under the big tree...	Twins at the third day under the big tree...	Waiting at baby weighing day where nets where distributed...	Baby weighing Ghana-style...
Joyum school children at the WomensTrust officed to receive nets...	Distributing nets at the Mayflower school...	Child with new net...	Receiving a net at the WomensTrust office...	Outside the Area Council Building after receiving a net...
Friends receiving nets from the nurses' office...	Community nurse Victoria Owusu and WomensTrust intern Sasha...	Gramma tries out the net...	Cousins cuddling under a mosquito net...x3,200 distributed.

Photoset editor: Rob M

Pre-distribution information

All of Ghana is high risk for malaria. 3,200 nets will be distributed to children under 5 in the village of Pokuase, 15kms north of the capital, Accra.

Bednets will be distributed under the direction of Victoria Owusu, community nurse in Pokuase, during her well-baby clinics on Wednesdays at the Presbyterian Church hall and at the Pokuase Area Council Building with the help of part-time nurses and health extension workers that assist her.

Each week between 200 and 250 women gather with their infants and toddlers at the well-baby clinics and 600+ women are seen at the council building. The distribution of the nets will take one month.

Documentation (pdf)

Distribution Proposal (38 kb)

Shipping Documentation (117 kb)

Post-distribution information

The distribution was completed successfully as planned.

Documentation (pdf)

Immediate Report (514 kb)

Follow-up surveys

These take place 6, 18, 30 and 42 months post-distribution. A survey of 50 households provides sample information on what proportion of nets continue to be used, if they are used correctly and the state of the nets.

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