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Barrier to Long Lasting Insecticide treated net (LLIN) Utilization Among the Trained Resource Persons in Community: Experience from USAID –JU – ACP Malaria Project in Ethiopia Zewdie Birhanu International SBCC Submit 8-10 Feb, 2016Addis Ababa * Presentation Outline Background Methods Results Conclusions * Background  Despite remarkable progress, malaria remains global public health concern In 2014, 198 million malaria illnesses 584, 000 deaths from malaria (WHO, 2014). In 2014 2,627,182 Malaria cases in Ethiopia (EMOH, 2014) In line with a global vision to attain long-term malaria elimination, Ethiopia is aimed to achieve near zero death from malaria by 2020. Despite tremendous progress in reduction of malaria burden, behavioral gaps remains important challenges * Cont… The behavioral gaps comprise: Limited and inconsistent use of LLIN Poor health service seeking behavior In appropriate use of anti-malarial drugs Poor Acceptance of Indoor Residual Spray These calls for the need to focus on community empowerment to promote appropriate use of malaria preventive measures * Cont… Supported by USAID-Ethiopia, Jimma has been implementing SBCC through school and religious in Jimma Area, in five districts The project uses volunteers who cascade down key malaria actions and messages; includes School teachers School students/anti-malaria club members Religious leaders * Cont… To be effective, Volunteers (lead persons) need to be a real model /example in using malaria prevention methods to impress and influence others people tend to learn from what we do than what we talk Identification and addressing of barriers faced by others Therefore, we assessed LLIN utilization among volunteers prior to training as lead person * Methods The project ( SBCC) is being implemented in 5 districts of Jimma Zone Oromia, Ethiopia LLIN utilization and related barriers were assessed for all enrolled project volunteers The assessme