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If you don’t clean your area then mosquitoes will breed in empty tins—things like dog food plates. When lying there, they can collect water and mosquitoes can breed and bite us and we’ll have malaria. |
IDI, Case Study #26 female cousin, 23, Modilon |
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If there’s some conflict within [the family] and it hasn’t been talked about, it brings malaria. |
IDI, Pregnant woman, first pregnancy, 26, Yagum |
Perceived Causes of Malaria |
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Malaria occurs in pregnant mothers. When a pregnant mother faces problems or conflicts then it only results in malaria. |
IDI, Community Leader (male), Yagum area |
Perceived Causes of Malaria |
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Most women don’t take the of illness their baby or if they themselves get sick that serious; most women they say it’s due to problems at home that these illnesses occur. |
IDI, Nurse, Yagum clinic |
Perceived Causes of Malaria |
