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Kiguhu, Mpinga-Kayove Commune, Rutana Province, Burundi 
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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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4,400
LLINs
Nov 09
Distributed by
Red Cross
Status
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.
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See the video
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Red Cross volunteers unload LLINs for distribution in Kiguhu, Burundi.
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Burundi Red Cross volunteers distributed LLINs door to door throughout the region.
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A volunteer drops off LLINs to a recipient in Kiguhu.
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Approximately 40,000 people throughout the Rutana Province benefited from the net distribution.
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Young children are among those at highest risk for getting malaria, and they especially benefit from the malaria education information they received.
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Many recipients came out to a distribution center where LLINs were handed out.
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The damp climate makes malaria hyper-endemic in this area, with an added risk during the rainy seasons.
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Bicycles made it possible for volunteers to travel from house to house to deliver bed nets
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A volunteer unpacks several LLINs to distribute to the many people in need in the region.
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Volunteers kept records of net distributions.
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20,000 nets were distributed in a set of distributions throughout the region in an attempt to achieve universal coverage of all sleeping spaces.
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A map of the province of Rutana, the malaria-endemic region where this distribution was focused
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Though there were supposedly previous distributions of nets for pregnant women and young children, most households in the area did not have any LLINs before this distribution.
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A recipient sits with his new net, which will help protect him from malaria.
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Volunteers carry nets to households throughout the region.
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Each volunteer was responsible for distributing nets to 15 households a day for five days.
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A local woman smiles, grateful to have received a life-saving bed net.
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Thanks to this distribution and the efforts of volunteers, many people throughout Kiguhu now have added protection against malaria.
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Pre-distribution information
20,000 nets will be distributed in a series of related distributions to achieve blanket (universal) coverage of all sleeping spaces in Mpinga-Kayove Commune in Rutana Province. Approximately 40,000 people will be protected by these nets.
Universal coverage has been shown to cause a dramatic reduction in the malaria-carrying mosquito population as the mosquito dies if it is unable to get a blood meal every 10 days.
When net usage is combined with other anti-malaria activities, such as removing stagnant water where mosquitoes breed, the impact on the health of the protected community can be dramatic.
Documentation (pdf)
Post-distribution information
In the month of November, the Burundi Red Cross in conjunction with the Burundi Ministry of Health conducted a five day intensive LLINs distribution that saw 14,893 households benefit from distribution of 44,679 mosquito nets, of which 20,000 were donated by the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF), 10,000 from the Finnish Red Cross and the rest by the National Malaria Control Program. This came as a relief to the households who were eagerly awaiting the distribution exercise especially after the households missed out on a sub-national distribution campaign carried out in June 2009.
Documentation (pdf)
Follow-up surveys
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Distribution Partner for this distribution
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