Author Details Malaria control among children under five in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of empowerment and parents’ participation besides the clinical strategies David Houeto1 MD, Researcher, dhoueto@yahoo.fr William D'Hoore2 MD, PhD, Professor, dhoore@hosp.ucl.ac.be Edgard-Marius Ouendo3 MD, PhD, Assistant professor, eouendo@yahoo.fr Dominique Charlier4 MD, PhD, Professor, charlier@pscl.ucl.ac.be Alain Deccache5 PhD, Professor, alain.deccache@reso.ucl.ac.be 1, 2, 4, 5 Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. 3 Institut Régional de Santé Publique, Benin, Brussels. Correspondence: D Houeto, Avenue Mounier 50, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium  Author contribution: David Houeto: designed the project. William D'Hoore: designed the project. Edgard-Marius Ouendo: supervised data collection. Dominique Charlier: contributed to drafts. Alain Deccache: designed the project. Citation: Houeto D, D'Hoore W, Ouendo E, Charlier D, Deccache A.  Malaria control among children under five in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of empowerment and parents’ participation besides the clinical strategies. Rural and Remote Health 7: 840. (Online) 2007. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 14 August 2007 Revised: 9 October 2007 Accepted: 31 October 2007