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Empowering rural communities for effective larval source management: A small-scale field evaluation of a community-led larviciding approach to control malaria in south-eastern Tanzania

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Introduction: mosquitoes, the dominant vector of malaria transmission in south-eastern Tanzania. Methods: . Longitudinal surveys of mosquito adults and larvae were used to assess impacts of the community-led larviciding programme in two villages in rural south-eastern Tanzania. Results: spp. species inside human houses in the same villages, by 46.3 % and 35.4 % respectively. Abundance of late-stage instar larvae of the same taxa was also reduced by 74 % and 42 %, respectively. Conclusion: spp. inside houses, suggesting that this approach may have potential for malaria control in rural settings. However, efforts are still needed to increase awareness of larviciding in the relevant communities.

Source: Parasite Epidemiology and Control

DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2024.e00382

Authors: Salum A. Mapua, Alex J. Limwagu, Dmitry Kishkinev, Khamis Kifungo, Ismail H. Nambunga, Samuel Mziray, Gwakisa John, Wahida Mtiro, Kusirye Ukio, Javier Lezaun, Frederic Tripet, Fredros O. Okumu

Institutions: Ifakara Health Institute, Keele University, University of Oxford, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Glasgow, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,800

Funders: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust

Awards: Using a community-driven approach to identify and effectively target aquatic habitats of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes, so as to reduce malaria transmission in rural Tanzania, Ifakara Health Institute - to demonstrate successful colonization and genetically characterize Anopheles funestus as the major driver of malaria transmission in Eastern and S...

OpenAlex ID: W4403139955

FWCI: 2.639

Cites: 56

Cited by: 7

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