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Table 4 Recommended interventions per stratum for Nepal malaria program

From: Micro-stratification of malaria risk in Nepal: implications for malaria control and elimination

Interventions

High risk

Moderate risk

Low risk

No risk

LLINs

First priority; limited to wards with indigenous cases and adjacent wards within 2–3 km

Second priority; limited to wards with indigenous cases adjacent wards within 2–3 kms

Third priority; limited to households with confirm cases only to prevent transmission

NA

IRS

Focal; 1–2 cycles depending on the duration of transmission and residual efficacy of insecticide

Yes; to contain outbreak

Yes, to contain outbreak

NA

Larval control

As appropriate

As appropriate

As appropriate

NA

EDPT

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Case investigation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Foci investigation

Yes, second priority

Yes, first priority

No, except when indigenous case is reported

NA

BCC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. LLINs long-lasting insecticide-treated nets, IRS indoor residual spraying, EDPT early diagnosis and prompt treatment, BCC behavioral change communication, km kilometers, NA not applicable