Journal
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 133-141Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czq027
Keywords
Malaria; insecticide-treated nets; vouchers; demand elasticity
Funding
- Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of Tanzania
- Gates Malaria Partnership
- UK Department for International Development
- Royal Netherlands Embassy
- Mennonite Economic Development Associates
- Eastern Mennonite University
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These findings suggest that if the Tanzanian government continues to use a mixed public-private model to distribute ITNs, increasing the consumer subsidy alone will not dramatically improve ITN coverage. A concerted effort is required including an increase in the subsidy amount, attention to income growth for poor households, increases in women's and girls' education levels, and expansion of the retail ITN distribution network. Use of a catch-up campaign to distribute free ITNs would increase coverage but raises questions about the effect of households' long-term purchase decisions for ITNs.
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