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. 2010 Feb 20;25(5):372–383. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czq008

Table 4.

Outside interests in policy development for malaria vector management

Interest group Nature of interest in policy decisions
International research networks Calling for action based on the findings of RCTs on ITNs.
Regional policy networks Promoting IRS—an intervention familiar to local policy makers—rather than ITNs.
Multilateral agencies, bilateral donors, international NGOs Promoting a new strategy—the use of ITNs—that had been shown to work in RCTs and which also provided a role for NGOs.
Manufacturers of insecticides other than DDT for IRS Promoting IRS as an intervention that used their products rather than ITNs which did not.
Net manufacturers Promoting their product (ITNs).
Environmentalists Expressing concerns regarding insecticide use in IRS, particularly the use of DDT.
Neoconservative anti-environmentalists Criticizing environmentalists and government regulation for their perceived position regarding IRS with DDT.