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Kabba St, Lumpa, Waterloo Rural District, Freetown Peninsula, Sierra Leone

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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9,500 LLINs

Oct 09
Distributed by
Red Cross

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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Sponsors 1 to 25 of 586

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Sponsor/Donor	Location	Country	Message	Amount
C J (offline)	Treorchy	Wales		£50.00
E G (offline)	Mold	England		£200.00
M G (offline)	Unknown	England		£30.00
S S (offline)	Unknown	England		£37.00
W W (offline)	Ballymoney	Northern Ireland		£40.00
H D (offline)	Unknown	England		£50.00
F L (offline)	Unknown	England		£60.00
K J (offline)	Stockport	England		£70.00
J P (offline)	West Wickham	England		£75.00
Anonymous	Unknown	England		£22.50
井本直歩子	コロンボ	Sri Lanka	応援していまーす！何ｍ泳がれますか？肩のストレッチを忘れずに！	¥1,000.00
Leslie Ann Arney	Chapel Hill	USA		US$10.00
Rebecca Dickinson	Leeds	England		£50.00
nicki	folkestone. uk	England		£6.41
Gordon Ireland	London	England	Good luck - I hope it isnt snowing	£32.05
Jeremy Foster	London	England	For the children...	£256.41
MR R K LENTON	ROWLEY REGIS	England	DOING MY BIT	£6.41
Anonymous	Blackpool	England		£12.82
Anonymous	Orsett	England	I couldn't sit by and do nothing, to save a lif...	£6.41
Mala Saye	London	England	Josie, continue to do the amazing work you are ...	£19.23
JING	LONDON	England	I NOW DONATE THE TIPS I GOT & GOING TO GET FOR ...	£6.41
Conrad Williams	London	England		£128.21
Anonymous	London	England	Keep up the great work you are doing, you inspi...	£12.82
charleigh draper	newcastle	England		£12.82
Philip Martinos	London	England		£83.33

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Photos

Approximately 28,000 nets were distributed to children under age 5 at various sites throughout the Lumpa Region of Sierra Leone.

The focus of this distribution, which provided 60,000 nets across the Freetown Peninsula, was to provide one net for each child under 5.

Children had a fingernail on their left hands painted to indicate that they received a net.

A Red Cross volunteer marks a young recipient’s fingernail.

Registration volunteers filled out recipients’ information for their records.

A distribution tally sheet from the Western Rural Area District.	This mother waits while as a volunteer paints her baby’s nail.	Net hanging demonstrations were held at each distribution site to show recipients how to hang nets properly.	Malaria is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Sierra Leone, accounting for 38.3% of all deaths among children under age 5 and 25.4% among the total population.	A 2007 study showed that only 55.6% of children under age 5 slept under an insecticide-treated net despite the fact that malaria is endemic in Sierra Leone
A young child happily accepts a new LLIN.	These children each received a donated bed net to help keep them safe from malaria.	When cared for and used properly, LLINs are effective at reducing the risk of malaria.	Red Cross volunteers open up packages of nets for distribution.	It is vital for people in this region to cover their sleeping spaces with LLINs because the many swamps make it a perfect breeding site for malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
There were 43 distribution sites set up throughout the Western Rural Area District, with 360 workers and volunteers to distribute nets.	A mother collects LLINs that will cover her children’s sleeping spaces.	All children from 0-59 months were targeted to receive a net.	There are approximately 25,000 children under age 5 in the Lumpa Region, and providing universal coverage will help reduce the number of malaria cases among this at-risk age group

Photoset editor: Kelly Pilger

Pre-distribution information

Sierra Leone is endemic for malaria.

40,000 nets will be distributed in a series of communities on the Freetown Peninsula in the west of the country to acheive complete coverage of under 5s. These nets are part of a major countrywide campaign targeting under 5s.

The communites are: Grafton, Hastings, Rogbangba, Lima Corner, John Thorpe, Waterloo and Kabba St, Cole Town and Bassa Town in Lumpa.

Documentation (pdf)

Distribution Proposal (199 kb)

Shipping Documentation (65 kb)

Post-distribution information

The distribution was completed successfully as planned.

Video will be added here shortly.

Documentation (pdf)

Immediate Report (409 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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