Title |
Fishing with bed nets on Lake Tanganyika: a randomized survey
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Published in |
Malaria Journal, October 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-395 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Kate A McLean, Aisha Byanaku, Augustine Kubikonse, Vincent Tshowe, Said Katensi, Amy G Lehman |
Abstract |
Malaria is among the most common causes of death along Lake Tanganyika, a problem which many aid organizations have attempted to combat through the distribution of free mosquito bed nets to high-risk communities. The Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic (LTFHC), a health-based non-governmental organization (NGO), has observed residents of the Lake Tanganyika basin using bed nets to fish small fry near the shoreline, despite a series of laws that prohibit bed net use and other fine-gauge nets for fishing, implemented to protect the near-shore fish ecology. The LTFHC sought to quantify the sources of bed nets and whether they were being used for fishing. |
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United States | 5 | 29% |
Australia | 1 | 6% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
Italy | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 9 | 53% |
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Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
Scientists | 1 | 6% |
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United States | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 125 | 97% |
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Researcher | 18 | 14% |
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Student > Bachelor | 10 | 8% |
Other | 7 | 5% |
Other | 23 | 18% |
Unknown | 26 | 20% |
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Environmental Science | 16 | 12% |
Social Sciences | 15 | 12% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 4% |
Other | 22 | 17% |
Unknown | 35 | 27% |