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Goal

The project aims to improve maternal and child health in the Nkhoma Hospital catchment area.

Objectives

Health facility
* The project will reduce the annual number of malaria cases with 25% (2011 vs 2009).  
* The project will reduce the annual number of inpatient malaria deaths with 25% (2011 vs 2009).
* The project will reduce the annual number of blood transfusions for severe anaemia in children with 25% (2011 vs 2009).

Entomology
* The project will reduce the mosquito density in the Nkhoma Hospital catchment area with 50% (2011 vs 2009).  

Parasitology
* The project will reduce parasitaemia and prevalence of anaemia in the intervention with 30% compared to the control area.

Operational
* 90% of all inhabited structures in the Nkhoma Hospital catchment area will be sprayed.
* 90% of respondents to a KPC survey at the end of the project will understand the benefit of IRS and express satisfaction with program implementation.

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