Impact of Attitude and Knowledge of Insecticide Safety Household and Spray-Men on Gambiae Control Project Area Northern State, Sudan

This study aimed to evaluate community acceptance a nd safe use of insecticides by spray-men in the Gam biae Control Project Area at Sudan. Two types of surveys wer e carried out the household survey and spray-men in terviews after obtaining informed consent to participate in the study at the gambiae control project. Five hund re household interviewed, only 21 have been reported a malaria ca se. About 60% of the household identified the mosqui toes’ peak density between March-May. Overall, 93% of the house hold indicated that indoor residual spray is a usef ul measure for malaria prevention; and 93.4% accept Gambiae Contro l Project Area is a successful programme against mal aria. However, 52% of the respondents clarified that wall p ainting is a periodical habit before Eid. On the oth er hand, 86.7% spray-men identified the sources of mosquitoes bree ding sites were water pipe breaks, leakages of irriga tion canals and a well. Moreover, 72.4%of spray-men reported the peak season of Anopheles to extend from March to June. Almost all of the spray-men (96.4%) said they would b urn insecticides bottles after work. Following the abo ve findings, administrative as well as educational interventions should be considered and arranged in order to susta in the success of the gambiae control project area