The Garki Project was a non-profit study conducted by the

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from 1969 to 1976 in the Garki Local Government Area of the

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(then part of the

Kano State Kano (Hausa language, Hausa: ) is one of the 36 States of Nigeria, states of Nigeria, located in the Northern Region, Nigeria, northern region of the country. According to the national census done in 2006, Kano State is the List of Nigerian st ...

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. Its purpose was to study

epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent dise ...

and control of

malaria Malaria is a Mosquito-borne disease, mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates and ''Anopheles'' mosquitoes. Human malaria causes Signs and symptoms, symptoms that typically include fever, Fatigue (medical), fatigue, vomitin ...

in the lowland rural

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in northern Nigeria. The main objectives of the project were to measure the effects of

indoor residual spraying Indoor residual spraying or IRS is the process of spraying the inside of dwellings with an insecticide to kill mosquitoes that spread malaria. A dilute solution of insecticide is sprayed on the inside walls of certain types of dwellings—those w ...

and

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and to construct and test a

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of malaria transmission. The project was funded by both the World Health Organization and the Federal Government of Nigeria. The project concluded that indoor spraying with

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had a very limited impact on malaria and the mass administration of sulfalene-pyrimethamine (in combination with the residual spraying) failed to interrupt the transmission of malaria for any length of time. However, the mathematical model used was found to simulate the epidemiology of

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fairly realistically and was considered fit for use in planning control of malaria.

References

External links

The Garki Project book
in pdf chapters from WHO

with references to the Garki project and data

{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817131032/http://garkiproject.nd.edu/welcome-garki-project.html , date=2019-08-17 also has references and data. Malaria organizations Jigawa State Medical and health organizations based in Nigeria