Assessing the Effectiveness and Acceptability of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) on Malaria Morbidity in Selected Communities in Bori, Rivers State, Nigeria
- September 5, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS Team
- Categories: Health Sciences, IJRIAS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue IV, April 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
R.B. Bob-Manuel
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, P.M.B. 5047, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Abstract: – This research was aimed at assessing the effectiveness and acceptability of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in selected communities in Bori, Rivers State. IRS is the process of spraying the inside of dwellings (walls and ceilings) with an insecticide to kill or repel mosquitoes that spread malaria. A structured questionnaire was administered to 500 households and all were retrieved. The result showed a coverage of 59.2%. The population was male dominated (62%) within a vibrant age group of 21 – 40 years (65.8%), comprising business owners (32%), farmers (22%), civil servants (27%) and students (18%). 69.4% of them were permanent residents of over 20 years. Mosquito bites were experienced mainly at night (41%) during the wet season (83%). After five months of the IRS intervention, there was mosquito vector population reduction, 358 (71.6%) but fairly high prevalence of malaria disease (63%). Overall effectiveness of the intervention was 62.2% with 68.2% wholeheartedly accepting the programme. As recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and adopted by the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), IRS still represents one of the main tools in the basic strategy applied to achieve decreases in malaria cases in Africa, Nigeria and Bori inclusive.
