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Open AccessAnopheles stephensi in Africa requires a more integrated response
There are increasing reports of the Asian malaria mosquito, Anopheles stephensi invading and spreading in Eastern Africa. We discuss the importance of these invasions in the context of broader challenges facing m...
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Open AccessRecommendations for environmental risk assessment of gene drive applications for malaria vector control
Building on an exercise that identified potential harms from simulated investigational releases of a population suppression gene drive for malaria vector control, a series of online workshops identified nine r...
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Open AccessCapacity of National Malaria Control Programmes to implement vector surveillance: a global analysis
Solving the problem of malaria requires a highly skilled workforce with robust infrastructure, financial backing and sound programme management coordinated by a strategic plan. Here, the capacity of National M...
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Open AccessA global analysis of National Malaria Control Programme vector surveillance by elimination and control status in 2018
Maintaining the effectiveness of the currently recommended malaria vector control interventions while integrating new interventions will require monitoring key recommended indicators to identify threats to eff...
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Open AccessPatterns of anopheline feeding/resting behaviour and Plasmodium infections in North Cameroon, 2011–2014: implications for malaria control
Effective malaria control relies on evidence-based interventions. Anopheline behaviour and Plasmodium infections were investigated in North Cameroon, following long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) distribution in...
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Open AccessAssessing whether universal coverage with insecticide-treated nets has been achieved: is the right indicator being used?
Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are the primary tool for malaria vector control in sub-Saharan Africa, and have been responsible for an estimated two-thirds of the reduction in the global burden of malaria in ...
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Open AccessInsecticide-treated nets mass distribution campaign: benefits and lessons in Zambia
Zambia was an early adopter of insecticide-treated nets strategy in 2001, and policy for mass distribution with long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in 2005. Since then, the country has implemented mass dist...
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Open AccessTemporal and spatial trends in insecticide resistance in Anopheles arabiensis in Sudan: outcomes from an evaluation of implications of insecticide resistance for malaria vector control
Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) (with pyrethroids) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are the cornerstones of the Sudanese malaria control program. Insecticide resistance to the principal insecticides i...
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Open AccessHigh heterogeneity of malaria transmission and a large sub-patent and diverse reservoir of infection in Wusab As Safil district, Republic of Yemen
Yemen remains the country with the highest malaria transmission within the Arabian Peninsula and a source of imported cases to neighbouring countries.
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Open AccessIntegrated vector management: a critical strategy for combating vector-borne diseases in South Sudan
Integrated vector management (IVM) based vector control is encouraged by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, operational experience with the IVM strategy has mostly come from countries with relativel...
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Open AccessAddressing malaria vector control challenges in South Sudan: proposed recommendations
Upon the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, the Republic of South Sudan (RSS) has faced a lot of challenges, such as a lack of infrastructure, human resources and an enormous burden of vecto...
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Open AccessStatus of pesticide management in the practice of vector control: a global survey in countries at risk of malaria or other major vector-borne diseases
It is critical that vector control pesticides are used for their acceptable purpose without causing adverse effects on health and the environment. This paper provides a global overview of the current status of...
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Open AccessSocio-economic inequity in demand for insecticide-treated nets, in-door residual house spraying, larviciding and fogging in Sudan
In order to optimally prioritize and use public and private budgets for equitable malaria vector control, there is a need to determine the level and determinants of consumer demand for different vector control...
