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Christian Ngomenzey, National Institute of Statistics of DRC
Franklin Bouba Djourdebbé, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD)
Emmanuel Ekambi, Union for African PopulationStudies
Along with continuing research into a potential vaccine and new treatments, prevention is central to managing the epidemic. The main means of prevention remains the mosquito net. As in other African countries, the preventive strategy to fight against the malaria vector in the DRC is essentially the use of the mosquito net. However, in recent years, the number of cases of malaria, particularly in children under five, has continued to increase around the world and particularly in the DRC. Using bivariate descriptive analysis and multilevel logistic regression, this work shows that mosquito net use is not the only variable that reduces the risk of contracting malaria in children in the DRC. The province of residence, the standard of living of the household, the promiscuity in the household, the type of toilet facility, the level of education of the mother and the age of the child have an impact on the risk of contracting malaria in children in the DRC. This observation should translate into a readjustment of malaria control strategies in the DRC.
Keywords: Multi-level modeling, Health and morbidity, Demographic and social surveys