The most prominent perceived benefit of IRS was reduction
of nuisances of mosquitoes, cited by 85% of the
respondents. As reported elsewhere, this finding seems
to indicate that participants were more concerned about
the mosquitoes than malaria as a disease [13]. Thus designers
of information, education and communication
messages need to package the benefits of IRS as a mosquito
bite reduction initiative but also emphasize its role
as a malaria control strategy [12].