Evaluation of Polyethylene-Based Long Lasting Treated Bed Net Netprotect on Anopheles Mosquitoes, Malaria Incidence, and Net Longivity in Western Kenya

Table 6

Reasons for nets not found hanging.

Reponses	4 days after distribution		1 month after distribution
	Numbers	Percentage (%)	Numbers	Percentage (%)
Owners absent	20	48	37	52
Netprotect given away/sold	7	17	21	29
Leaking roof, net taken down	4	10	0	0
Use old net	3	7	4	6
Net too short	3	7	0	0
Too smoky in kitchen	2	5	0	0
Net provokes “Allergy”	1	2	0	0
No bed	1	2	1	1
User gone with net	1	2	6	8
Too damaged due to fire	0	0	3	4
Total	42	100	72	100

The main reason for nets not found was that the owner was absent. The second reason was that nets were given away or sold. After one month, school had started and 5 kids had gone to boarding school with their nets.