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Publications on insecticide-treated materials

Please note: The documents below contain valuable technical information on the subject matter of impregnated mosquito nets. GMP now recommends universal coverage with Long Lasting Insecticidal Mosquito Nets. Wherever any of the earlier documents refers to targeted coverage of risk groups only, please refer to superseding guidance on this matter now provided in the 2007 GMP position statement Insecticide-treated mosquito nets: a position statement (see below).

• A framework of strategic options for the integrated delivery of insecticide-treated nets and immunization
• A generic risk assessment model for insecticide treatment of mosquito nets and their subsequent use
• A strategic framework for coordinated national action scaling up insecticide-treated netting programmes in Africa
  Working group for scaling-up insecticide-treated netting
• A system to improve Value for Money in LLIN procurement through market competition based on cost per year of effective coverage
  Concept Note
• Availability and supply of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets
  RBM Partnership, Geneva, June 2005
• Draft interim recommendations on the sound management of packaging for Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets(LLINs)
  Geneva, Switzerland, 01 November 2011
• Factors that affect the success and failure of ITN programmes for malaria control in SE Asia and the Western Pacific
  Prepared by Tony Stewart and Ron P. Marchand for WHO-WPRO
• Fourth update on Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets
  Current Status And Programmatic Issues Geneva, 10.11.2003
• Guidelines for laboratory and field testing of long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets
• Information on factory pre-treated nets and conventional treatment of coloured mosquito nets
  Geneva, 20.09.2003
• Insecticide-treated bed nets and curtains for preventing malaria
  2004 Update
• Insecticide-treated mosquito net interventions
  A manual for national control programme managers
• Insecticide-treated mosquito nets: a position statement
• Insecticide-treated netting materials
  Report of the third meeting of the technical support network
• Instructions for treatment and use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets
  Use insecticide-treated mosquito nets to sleep in peace - and protect your health
• Long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria prevention
  Trial Edition: A manual for malaria programme managers
• Malaria control and immunization: a sound partnership with great potential
• Protecting all pregnant women and children under five years living in malaria endemic areas in Africa with insecticide treated mosquito nets
  Working Paper
• Protecting vulnerable groups in malaria-endemic areas in Africa through accelerated deployment of insecticide-treated nets
  WHO UNICEF Joint Statement
• Review of Olyset Nets and bifenthrin 10%WP
  Report of the 5th WHOPES Working Group meeting, 30-31 October 2001.
• Review of Vecto Bac WG, PermaNet and Gokilath-S 5EC
  Report of the 7th WHOPES Working Group meeting, 2-4 December 2003
• Safety of pyrethroid-treated mosquito nets
  Fact Sheet
• Scaling-up insecticide-treated netting programmes in Africa
  A strategic framework for coordinated national action
• Specifications for netting materials
  Report of an informal consultation, WHO, Geneva, 8-9 June 2000
• Specifications for netting materials
  Technical consultation on specifications and quality control of netting materials and mosquito nets. 29 November – 2 December 2005
• Targeted subsidy strategies for national scaling up of insecticide-treated netting programmes
  Principles and approaches
• Update on Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets
  Geneva, 9.08.2002