Table 10.

Community's reasons to believe that malaria can not be controlled

Reasons	n	%
Total N = 491
Malaria is a God given fact of life	141	28.7
Impossible to kill all the mosquitoes	125	25.5
People can not afford prevention and treatment	60	12.2
People do not take preventive measures	53	10.8
We are surrounded by the lake (believed breeding habitat)	48	9.8
Malaria multiplies fast and can't be stopped	23	4.7
It is a virus which can not be stopped	9	1.8
There is a lot of dust on Rusinga causing respiratory illness and malaria	4	0.8
No reason	28	5.7