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Hardy A, Haji K, Abbas F, Hassan J, Ali A, Yussuf Y, Cook J, Rosu L, Houri-Yafin A, Vigodny A, Oakes G, Majambere S, Worrall E. Cost and quality of operational larviciding using drones and smartphone technology. Malar J 2023; 22:286. [PMID: 37759213 PMCID: PMC10523724 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04713-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Larval Source Management (LSM) is an important tool for malaria vector control and is recommended by WHO as a supplementary vector control measure. LSM has contributed in many successful attempts to eliminate the disease across the Globe. However, this approach is typically labour-intensive, largely due to the difficulties in locating and mapping potential malarial mosquito breeding sites. Previous studies have demonstrated the potential for drone imaging technology to map malaria vector breeding sites. However, key questions remain unanswered related to the use and cost of this technology within operational vector control. METHODS Using Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania) as a demonstration site, a protocol was collaboratively designed that employs drones and smartphones for supporting operational LSM, termed the Spatial Intelligence System (SIS). SIS was evaluated over a four-month LSM programme by comparing key mapping accuracy indicators and relative costs (both mapping costs and intervention costs) against conventional ground-based methods. Additionally, malaria case incidence was compared between the SIS and conventional study areas, including an estimation of the incremental cost-effectiveness of switching from conventional to SIS larviciding. RESULTS The results demonstrate that the SIS approach is significantly more accurate than a conventional approach for mapping potential breeding sites: mean % correct per site: SIS = 60% (95% CI 32-88%, p = 0.02), conventional = 18% (95% CI - 3-39%). Whilst SIS cost more in the start-up phase, overall annualized costs were similar to the conventional approach, with a simulated cost per person protected per year of $3.69 ($0.32 to $15.12) for conventional and $3.94 ($0.342 to $16.27) for SIS larviciding. The main economic benefits were reduced labour costs associated with SIS in the pre-intervention baseline mapping of habitats. There was no difference in malaria case incidence between the three arms. Cost effectiveness analysis showed that SIS is likely to provide similar health benefits at similar costs compared to the conventional arm. CONCLUSIONS The use of drones and smartphones provides an improved means of mapping breeding sites for use in operational LSM. Furthermore, deploying this technology does not appear to be more costly than a conventional ground-based approach and, as such, may represent an important tool for Malaria Control Programmes that plan to implement LSM.
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- Andy Hardy
- Deptartment of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK.
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- Deptartment of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- PharmAccess Foundation, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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- Ministry of Health, Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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- MRC International Statistics and Epidemiology Group, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Deptartment of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Kunambi HJ, Ngowo H, Ali A, Urio N, Ngonzi AJ, Mwalugelo YA, Jumanne M, Mmbaga A, Tarimo FS, Swilla J, Okumu F, Lwetoijera D. Sterilized Anopheles funestus can autodisseminate sufficient pyriproxyfen to the breeding habitat under semi-field settings. Malar J 2023; 22:280. [PMID: 37735680 PMCID: PMC10515043 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04699-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Anopheles funestus, the main malaria vector, prefer to oviposit in permanent and/or semi-permanent breeding habitats located far from human dwellings. Difficulties in identifying and accessing these habitats jeopardize the feasibility of conventional larviciding. In this way, a semi-field study was conducted to assess the potential of autodissemination of pyriproxyfen (PPF) by An. funestus for its control. METHODS The study was conducted inside a semi-field system (SFS). Therein, two identical separate chambers, the treatment chamber with a PPF-treated clay pot (0.25 g AI), and the control chamber with an untreated clay pot. In both chambers, one artificial breeding habitat made of a plastic basin with one litre of water was provided. Three hundred blood-fed female An. funestus aged 5-9 days were held inside untreated and treated clay pots for 30 min and 48 h before being released for oviposition. The impact of PPF on adult emergence, fecundity, and fertility through autodissemination and sterilization effects were assessed by comparing the treatment with its appropriate control group. RESULTS Mean (95% CI) percentage of adult emergence was 15.5% (14.9-16.1%) and 70.3% (69-71%) in the PPF and control chamber for females exposed for 30 min (p < 0.001); and 19% (12-28%) and 95% (88-98%) in the PPF and control chamber for females exposed for 48 h (p < 0.001) respectively. Eggs laid by exposed mosquitoes and their hatch rate were significantly reduced compared to unexposed mosquitoes (p < 0.001). Approximately, 90% of females exposed for 48 h retained abnormal ovarian follicles and only 42% in females exposed for 30 min. CONCLUSION The study demonstrated sterilization and adult emergence inhibition via autodissemination of PPF by An. funestus. Also, it offers proof that sterilized An. funestus can transfer PPF to prevent adult emergence at breeding habitats. These findings warrant further assessment of the autodissemination of PPF in controlling wild population of An. funestus, and highlights its potential for complementing long-lasting insecticidal nets.
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- Hamisi J Kunambi
- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania.
- School of Life Science and Bio-Engineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania.
- Tanzania Biotech Products Limited, The National Development Cooperation, P.O. Box 30119, Kibaha, Tanzania.
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 210-40601, Bondo, Kenya
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
- School of Life Science and Bio-Engineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
- School of Life Science and Bio-Engineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania
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- School of Life Science and Bio-Engineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
- School of Life Science and Bio-Engineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania
- School of Public of Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and, Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Science Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania.
- School of Life Science and Bio-Engineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania.
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Orondo PW, Wang X, Lee MC, Nyanjom SG, Atieli H, Ondeto BM, Ochwedo KO, Omondi CJ, Otambo WO, Zhou G, Zhong D, Githeko AK, Kazura JW, Yan G. Habitat Diversity, Stability, and Productivity of Malaria Vectors in Irrigated and Nonirrigated Ecosystems in Western Kenya. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2023; 60:202-212. [PMID: 36334018 PMCID: PMC9835762 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Several sub-Saharan African countries rely on irrigation for food production. This study examined the impact of environmental modifications resulting from irrigation on the ecology of aquatic stages of malaria vectors in a semi-arid region of western Kenya. Mosquito larvae were collected from irrigated and non-irrigated ecosystems during seasonal cross-sectional and monthly longitudinal studies to assess habitat availability, stability, and productivity of anophelines in temporary, semipermanent, and permanent habitats during the dry and wet seasons. The duration of habitat stability was also compared between selected habitats. Emergence traps were used to determine the daily production of female adult mosquitoes from different habitat types. Malaria vectors were morphologically identified and sibling species subjected to molecular analysis. Data was statistically compared between the two ecosystems. After aggregating the data, the overall malaria vector productivity for habitats in the two ecosystems was estimated. Immatures of the malaria vector (Anopheles arabiensis) Patton (Diptera: Culicidae) comprised 98.3% of the Anopheles in both the irrigated and non-irrigated habitats. The irrigated ecosystem had the most habitats, higher larval densities, and produced 85.8% of emerged adult females. These results showed that irrigation provided conditions that increased habitat availability, stability, and diversity, consequently increasing the An. arabiensis production and potential risk of malaria transmission throughout the year. The irrigated ecosystems increased the number of habitats suitable for Anopheles breeding by about 3-fold compared to non-irrigated ecosystems. These results suggest that water management in the irrigation systems of western Kenya would serve as an effective method for malaria vector control.
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- Pauline Winnie Orondo
- Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
- International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research, Tom Mboya University, College of Maseno University, Homa Bay, Kenya
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- Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
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- International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research, Tom Mboya University, College of Maseno University, Homa Bay, Kenya
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- International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research, Tom Mboya University, College of Maseno University, Homa Bay, Kenya
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- International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research, Tom Mboya University, College of Maseno University, Homa Bay, Kenya
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- International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research, Tom Mboya University, College of Maseno University, Homa Bay, Kenya
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- Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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- Center for Global Health & Diseases, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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Matindo AY, Meshi EB, Kapologwe NA, Kengia JT, Kajange S, Chaki P, Munisi DZ. Biolarviciding implementation in southern Tanzania: Scalability opportunities and challenges. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0273490. [PMID: 36026502 PMCID: PMC9417020 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The resistance to insecticides among malaria vectors poses a global challenge in the efforts towards malaria elimination. This calls for an addition of larval control methods such as biolarviciding. However, the implementation of biolarviciding in Tanzania has been very low. Therefore, this study explored factors affecting the implementation of biolarviciding in the councils of Southern Tanzania. METHODS A mixed method descriptive qualitative, cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from 32 community leaders through key informant interviews and 12 Vectors Control Coordinators through in-depth interviews and questionnaire interviews and document review of implementation reports in 12 councils. Data were analysed using ATLAS.ti version 8, where content analysis was performed and SPSS for the quantitative data. RESULTS The study found low implementation of biolarviciding intervention in 9 out of 12 (75%) surveyed councils. All Vector Control Coordinators reported a shortage of at least one type of resources: funds, trained personnel, transport, supply of biolarvicide, and equipment; low community involvement (50%) and low level of community participation 83.3% (10/12). CONCLUSION This study highlights resource inadequacy and low community participation as main barriers to the implementation of biolarviciding. Availing adequate resources and strengthening community participation through involvement in all stages of implementation is crucial for successful and sustainable implementation.
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- Athuman Yusuph Matindo
- Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania
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- Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania
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- President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government, Dodoma, Tanzania
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- President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government, Dodoma, Tanzania
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- Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania
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Participatory mapping identifies risk areas and environmental predictors of endemic anthrax in rural Africa. Sci Rep 2022; 12:10514. [PMID: 35732674 PMCID: PMC9217952 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14081-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Disease mapping reveals geographical variability in incidence, which can help to prioritise control efforts. However, in areas where this is most needed, resources to generate the required data are often lacking. Participatory mapping, which makes use of indigenous knowledge, is a potential approach to identify risk areas for endemic diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Here we combine this method with Geographical Information System-based analyses of environmental variables as a novel approach to study endemic anthrax, caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis, in rural Africa. Our aims were to: (1) identify high-risk anthrax areas using community knowledge; (2) enhance our understanding of the environmental characteristics associated with these areas; and (3) make spatial predictions of anthrax risk. Community members from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), northern Tanzania, where anthrax is highly prevalent in both animals and humans, were asked to draw areas they perceived to pose anthrax risks to their livestock on geo-referenced maps. After digitisation, random points were generated within and outside the defined areas to represent high- and low-risk areas, respectively. Regression analyses were used to identify environmental variables that may predict anthrax risk. Results were combined to predict how the probability of being a high-risk area for anthrax varies across space. Participatory mapping identified fourteen discrete high-risk areas ranging from 0.2 to 212.9 km2 in size and occupying 8.4% of the NCA. Areas that pose a high risk of anthrax were positively associated with factors that increase contact with Bacillus anthracis spores rather than those associated with the pathogen's survival: close proximity to inland water bodies, where wildlife and livestock congregate, and low organic carbon content, which may indicate an increased likelihood of animals grazing close to soil surface and ingesting spores. Predicted high-risk areas were located in the centre of the NCA, which is likely to be encountered by most herds during movements in search for resources. We demonstrate that participatory mapping combined with spatial analyses can provide novel insights into the geography of disease risk. This approach can be used to prioritise areas for control in low-resource settings, especially for diseases with environmental transmission.
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Evans MV, Bhatnagar S, Drake JM, Murdock CC, Mukherjee S. Socio‐ecological dynamics in urban systems: An integrative approach to mosquito‐borne disease in Bengaluru, India. PEOPLE AND NATURE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Michelle V. Evans
- MIVEGEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, IRD Montpellier France
- Odum School of Ecology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
- Center for Ecology of Infectious Diseases University of Georgia Athens GA USA
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- Observatoire de Genève Université de Genève Sauverny Switzerland
- School of Arts and Sciences Azim Premji University Bengaluru India
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- Odum School of Ecology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
- Center for Ecology of Infectious Diseases University of Georgia Athens GA USA
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- Odum School of Ecology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
- Center for Ecology of Infectious Diseases University of Georgia Athens GA USA
- Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University Ithaca NY USA
- Cornell Institute of Host‐Microbe Interactions and Disease Cornell University Ithaca NY USA
- Northeast Regional Center of Excellence in Vector‐borne Diseases Cornell University Ithaca NY USA
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- School of Arts and Sciences Azim Premji University Bengaluru India
- Biology and Life Sciences Division, School of Arts and Sciences Ahmedabad University Ahmedabad Gujarat India
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Cross DE, Healey AJE, McKeown NJ, Thomas CJ, Macarie NA, Siaziyu V, Singini D, Liywalii F, Sakala J, Silumesii A, Shaw PW. Temporally consistent predominance and distribution of secondary malaria vectors in the Anopheles community of the upper Zambezi floodplain. Sci Rep 2022; 12:240. [PMID: 34997149 PMCID: PMC8742069 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04314-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Regional optimisation of malaria vector control approaches requires detailed understanding both of the species composition of Anopheles mosquito communities, and how they vary over spatial and temporal scales. Knowledge of vector community dynamics is particularly important in settings where ecohydrological conditions fluctuate seasonally and inter-annually, such as the Barotse floodplain of the upper Zambezi river. DNA barcoding of anopheline larvae sampled in the 2019 wet season revealed the predominance of secondary vector species, with An. coustani comprising > 80% of sampled larvae and distributed ubiquitously across all ecological zones. Extensive larval sampling, plus a smaller survey of adult mosquitoes, identified geographic clusters of primary vectors, but represented only 2% of anopheline larvae. Comparisons with larval surveys in 2017/2018 and a contemporaneous independent 5-year dataset from adult trapping corroborated this paucity of primary vectors across years, and the consistent numerical dominance of An. coustani and other secondary vectors in both dry and wet seasons, despite substantial inter-annual variation in hydrological conditions. This marked temporal consistency of spatial distribution and anopheline community composition presents an opportunity to target predominant secondary vectors outdoors. Larval source management should be considered, alongside prevalent indoor-based approaches, amongst a diversification of vector control approaches to more effectively combat residual malaria transmission.
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- Dónall Eoin Cross
- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3FG, UK
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- Lincoln Centre for Water and Planetary Health, College of Science, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool Campus, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3FG, UK
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- Lincoln Centre for Water and Planetary Health, College of Science, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool Campus, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK.
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3FG, UK
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- Limulunga District Health Office, P.O. Box 910022, Mongu, Zambia
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- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Provincial Health Office, Western Province, P.O. Box 910022, Mongu, Zambia
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- Provincial Health Office, Western Province, P.O. Box 910022, Mongu, Zambia
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3FG, UK
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Gowelo S, McCann RS, Koenraadt CJM, Takken W, van den Berg H, Manda-Taylor L. Community factors affecting participation in larval source management for malaria control in Chikwawa District, Southern Malawi. Malar J 2020; 19:195. [PMID: 32487233 PMCID: PMC7265157 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03268-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background To further reduce malaria, larval source management (LSM) is proposed as a complementary strategy to the existing strategies. LSM has potential to control insecticide resistant, outdoor biting and outdoor resting vectors. Concerns about costs and operational feasibility of implementation of LSM at large scale are among the reasons the strategy is not utilized in many African countries. Involving communities in LSM could increase intervention coverage, reduce costs of implementation and improve sustainability of operations. Community acceptance and participation in community-led LSM depends on a number of factors. These factors were explored under the Majete Malaria Project in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi. Methods Separate focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with members from the general community (n = 3); health animators (HAs) (n = 3); and LSM committee members (n = 3). In-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted with community members. Framework analysis was employed to determine the factors contributing to community acceptance and participation in the locally-driven intervention. Results Nine FGDs and 24 IDIs were held, involving 87 members of the community. Widespread knowledge of malaria as a health problem, its mode of transmission, mosquito larval habitats and mosquito control was recorded. High awareness of an association between creation of larval habitats and malaria transmission was reported. Perception of LSM as a tool for malaria control was high. The use of a microbial larvicide as a form of LSM was perceived as both safe and effective. However, actual participation in LSM by the different interviewee groups varied. Labour-intensiveness and time requirements of the LSM activities, lack of financial incentives, and concern about health risks when wading in water bodies contributed to lower participation. Conclusion Community involvement in LSM increased local awareness of malaria as a health problem, its risk factors and control strategies. However, community participation varied among the respondent groups, with labour and time demands of the activities, and lack of incentives, contributing to reduced participation. Innovative tools that can reduce the labour and time demands could improve community participation in the activities. Further studies are required to investigate the forms and modes of delivery of incentives in operational community-driven LSM interventions.
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- Steven Gowelo
- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands. .,Training and Research Unit of Excellence, School of Public Health, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.,Training and Research Unit of Excellence, School of Public Health, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.,Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Training and Research Unit of Excellence, School of Public Health, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.,Department of Health Systems and Policy, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
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Tropical Wetland (TropWet) Mapping Tool: The Automatic Detection of Open and Vegetated Waterbodies in Google Earth Engine for Tropical Wetlands. REMOTE SENSING 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/rs12071182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Knowledge of the location and extent of surface water and inundated vegetation is vital for a range of applications including flood risk management, biodiversity monitoring, quantifying greenhouse gas emissions, and mapping water-borne disease risk. Here, we present a new tool, TropWet, which enables users of all abilities to map wetlands in herbaceous dominated regions based on simple unmixing of optical Landsat satellite imagery in the Google Earth Engine. The results demonstrate transferability throughout the African continent with a high degree of accuracy (mean 91% accuracy, st. dev 2.6%, n = 10,800). TropWet demonstrated considerable improvements over existing globally available surface water datasets for mapping the extent of important wetlands like the Okavango, Botswana. TropWet was able to provide frequency inundation maps as an indicator of malarial mosquito aquatic habitat extent and persistence in Barotseland, Zambia. TropWet was able to map flood extent comparable to operational flood risk mapping products in the Zambezi Region, Namibia. Finally, TropWet was able to quantify the effects of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events on the extent of photosynthetic vegetation and wetland extent across Southern Africa. These examples demonstrate the potential for TropWet to provide policy makers with crucial information to help make national, regional, or continental scale decisions regarding wetland conservation, flood/disease hazard mapping, or mitigation against the impacts of ENSO.
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Djamouko-Djonkam L, Mounchili-Ndam S, Kala-Chouakeu N, Nana-Ndjangwo SM, Kopya E, Sonhafouo-Chiana N, Talipouo A, Ngadjeu CS, Doumbe-Belisse P, Bamou R, Toto JC, Tchuinkam T, Wondji CS, Antonio-Nkondjio C. Spatial distribution of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato larvae in the urban environment of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Infect Dis Poverty 2019; 8:84. [PMID: 31594541 PMCID: PMC6784347 DOI: 10.1186/s40249-019-0597-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The rapid and unplanned urbanization of African cities is considered to increase the risk of urban malaria transmission. The present study objective was to assess factors influencing the spatio-temporal distribution of Anopheles gambiae s.l. larvae in the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Methods All water bodies were checked once every 2 months for the presence of mosquito larvae from March 2017 to May 2018 in 32 districts of Yaoundé. Physico-chemical characteristics including the size, depth, turbidity, pH, temperature, conductivity, sulfates, organophosphates, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), conductivity, iron and calcium were recorded and analyzed according to anopheline larvae presence or absence. High resolution satellite images from landsat sentinel Enhanced Thematic Mapper were used for spatial mapping of both field and environmental variables. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to identify variables closely associated with anopheline larvae distribution. Results A total of 18 696 aquatic habitats were checked and only 2942 sites (15.7%) contained anopheline larvae. A high number of sites with anopheline larvae (≥ 69%) presented late instar larvae (L3, L4 and pupae). Anopheline mosquito larvae were sampled from a variety of breeding sites including puddles (51.6%), tire prints (12.9%), wells (11.7%) and drains (11.3%). Bivariate logistic regression analyses associated anopheline larvae presence with the absence of predators, absence of algae, absence of vegetation and depth of less than 1 m. Conductivity, turbidity, organophosphates, H2O2 and temperature were significantly high in breeding sites with anopheline larvae than in breeding sites without these larvae (P < 0.1). Anopheline species collected included An. coluzzii (91.1%) and An. gambiae s.s. (8.9%). GIS mapping indicated a heterogeneous distribution of anopheline breeding habitats in the city of Yaoundé. Land cover analysis indicated high variability of the city of Yaoundé’s landscape. Conclusions The data confirms adaptation of An. gambiae s.l. to the urban domain in the city of Yaoundé and calls for urgent actions to improve malaria vector control.
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- Landre Djamouko-Djonkam
- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Vector Borne Infectious Disease Unit of the Laboratory of Applied Biology and Ecology (VBID-LABEA), Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 067, Dschang, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 337, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Vector Borne Infectious Disease Unit of the Laboratory of Applied Biology and Ecology (VBID-LABEA), Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 067, Dschang, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 337, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 337, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Faculty of Health Sciences University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 337, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 337, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 337, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Vector Borne Infectious Disease Unit of the Laboratory of Applied Biology and Ecology (VBID-LABEA), Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 067, Dschang, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Vector Borne Infectious Disease Unit of the Laboratory of Applied Biology and Ecology (VBID-LABEA), Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 067, Dschang, Cameroon
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Organization for the fight against Endemic diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon. .,Vector Biology Liverpool School of Tropical medicine Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
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Mwakalinga VM, Sartorius BKD, Limwagu AJ, Mlacha YP, Msellemu DF, Chaki PP, Govella NJ, Coetzee M, Dongus S, Killeen GF. Topographic mapping of the interfaces between human and aquatic mosquito habitats to enable barrier targeting of interventions against malaria vectors. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2018; 5:161055. [PMID: 29892341 PMCID: PMC5990771 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.161055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Geophysical topographic metrics of local water accumulation potential are freely available and have long been known as high-resolution predictors of where aquatic habitats for immature Anopheles mosquitoes are most abundant, resulting in elevated densities of adult malaria vectors and human infection burden. Using existing entomological and epidemiological survey data, here we illustrate how topography can also be used to map out the interfaces between wet, unoccupied valleys and dry, densely populated uplands, where malaria vector densities and infection risk are focally exacerbated. These topographically identifiable geophysical boundaries experience disproportionately high vector densities and malaria transmission risk, because this is where Anopheles mosquitoes first encounter humans when they search for blood after emerging or ovipositing in the valleys. Geophysical topographic indicators accounted for 67% of variance for vector density but for only 43% for infection prevalence, so they could enable very selective targeting of interventions against the former but not the latter (targeting ratios of 5.7 versus 1.5 to 1, respectively). So, in addition to being useful for targeting larval source management to wet valleys, geophysical topographic indicators may also be used to selectively target adult Anopheles mosquitoes with insecticidal residual sprays, fencing, vapour emanators or space sprays to barrier areas along their fringes.
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- Victoria M. Mwakalinga
- School of Urban and Regional Planning, Department of Housing and Infrastructure Planning, Ardhi University, PO Box 35176, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Wits Research Institute for Malaria and Wits/MRC Collaborating Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Malaria, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
- Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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- Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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Antonio-Nkondjio C, Sandjo NN, Awono-Ambene P, Wondji CS. Implementing a larviciding efficacy or effectiveness control intervention against malaria vectors: key parameters for success. Parasit Vectors 2018; 11:57. [PMID: 29368633 PMCID: PMC5784718 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-2627-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
During the last decade, scale-up of vector control tools such as long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) contributed to the reduction of malaria morbidity and mortality across the continent. Because these first line interventions are now affected by many challenges such as insecticide resistance, change in vector feeding and biting behaviour, outdoor malaria transmission and adaptation of mosquito to polluted environments, the World Health Organization recommends the use of integrated control approaches to improve, control and elimination of malaria. Larviciding is one of these approaches which, if well implemented, could help control malaria in areas where this intervention is suitable. Unfortunately, important knowledge gaps remain in its successful application. The present review summarises key parameters that should be considered when implementing larviciding efficacy or effectiveness trials.
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- Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio
- Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte Contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon. .,Vector Group Liverpool School of Tropical medicine Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
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- Montreal University School of Public Health, 7101 Av du Parc, Montréal, QC, H3N, Canada.,SPatial HEalth REsearch Lab (SPHERE LAB), Montreal University Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), 900 Rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, QC, H2X 0A9, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte Contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), P.O. Box 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Vector Group Liverpool School of Tropical medicine Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
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Polisye Kont Moustik: A Culturally Competent Approach to Larval Source Reduction in the Context of Lymphatic Filariasis and Malaria Elimination in Haiti. Trop Med Infect Dis 2017; 2:tropicalmed2030039. [PMID: 30270896 PMCID: PMC6082096 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed2030039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 08/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Community engagement has become an increasingly important focus of global health programs. Arbovirus emergence in the Americas (Zika and chikungunya virues), and global goals for malaria and lymphatic filariasis elimination, mean that community-based mosquito control has taken on a new salience. But how should mosquito control initiatives be designed and implemented in ways that best engage local people? What are the challenges and trade-offs of different strategies, not only for effectiveness but also for scale-up? In this paper, we describe the social and political dynamics of a pilot study in a small town in northern Haiti. With the aim of developing a culturally-competent approach to larval source management (LSM), our pilot project combined larval surveillance with environmental management, social engagement, community education, and larvicide application. Orientated around a network of 'Mosquito Police' (Polisye Kont Moustik, in Haitian Creole), our approach integrated elements of formative research, social learning, and community participation. Here, we reflect on the challenges we encountered in the field, from larval mapping, staff management, education and behavior change, engagement with formal and informal leaders, and community-based environmental cleanup. We discuss how these programmatic efforts were influenced and shaped by a complex range of social, cultural, political, and economic realities, and conclude by discussing the implications of our community-based approach for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis and malaria, and other vector-borne diseases, in Haiti.
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Swai JK, Finda MF, Madumla EP, Lingamba GF, Moshi IR, Rafiq MY, Majambere S, Okumu FO. Studies on mosquito biting risk among migratory rice farmers in rural south-eastern Tanzania and development of a portable mosquito-proof hut. Malar J 2016; 15:564. [PMID: 27876050 PMCID: PMC5120485 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1616-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Subsistence rice farmers in south-eastern Tanzania are often migratory, spending weeks or months tending to crops in distant fields along the river valleys and living in improvised structures known as Shamba huts, not fully protected from mosquitoes. These farmers also experience poor access to organized preventive and curative services due to long distances. Mosquito biting exposure in these rice fields, relative to main village residences was assessed, then a portable mosquito-proof hut was developed and tested for protecting these migratory farmers. Methods Pair-wise mosquito surveys were conducted in four villages in Ulanga district, south-eastern Tanzania in 20 randomly-selected Shamba huts located in the distant rice fields and in 20 matched houses within the main villages, to assess biting densities and Plasmodium infection rates. A portable mosquito-proof hut was designed and tested in semi-field and field settings against Shamba hut replicas, and actual Shamba huts. Also, semi-structured interviews were conducted, timed-participant observations, and focus-group discussions to assess experiences and behaviours of the farmers regarding mosquito-bites and the mosquito-proof huts. Results There were equal numbers of mosquitoes in Shamba huts and main houses [RR (95% CI) 27 (25.1–31.2), and RR (95% CI) 30 (27.5–33.4)], respectively (P > 0.05). Huts having >1 occupant had more mosquitoes than those with just one occupant, regardless of site [RR (95% CI) 1.57 (1.30–1.9), P < 0.05]. Open eaves [RR (95% CI) 1.15 (1.08–1.23), P < 0.05] and absence of window shutters [RR (95% CI) 2.10 (1.91–2.31), P < 0.05] increased catches of malaria vectors. All Anopheles mosquitoes caught were negative for Plasmodium. Common night-time outdoor activities in the fields included cooking, eating, fetching water or firewood, washing dishes, bathing, and storytelling, mostly between 6 and 11 p.m., when mosquitoes were also biting most. The prototype hut provided 100% protection in semi-field and field settings, while blood-fed mosquitoes were recaptured in Shamba huts, even when occupants used permethrin-impregnated bed nets. Conclusion Though equal numbers of mosquitoes were caught between main houses and normal Shamba huts, the higher proportions of blood-fed mosquitoes, reduced access to organized healthcare and reduced effectiveness of LLINs, may increase vulnerability of the itinerant farmers. The portable mosquito-proof hut offered sufficient protection against disease-transmitting mosquitoes. Such huts could be improved to expand protection for migratory farmers and possibly other disenfranchised communities.
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- Johnson K Swai
- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifkara, Tanzania.
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifkara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifkara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifkara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifkara, Tanzania.,School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifkara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifkara, Tanzania.,Innovative Vector Control Consortium, Liverpool, UK
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifkara, Tanzania.,School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
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Mwangungulu SP, Sumaye RD, Limwagu AJ, Siria DJ, Kaindoa EW, Okumu FO. Crowdsourcing Vector Surveillance: Using Community Knowledge and Experiences to Predict Densities and Distribution of Outdoor-Biting Mosquitoes in Rural Tanzania. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0156388. [PMID: 27253869 PMCID: PMC4890851 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Lack of reliable techniques for large-scale monitoring of disease-transmitting mosquitoes is a major public health challenge, especially where advanced geo-information systems are not regularly applicable. We tested an innovative crowd-sourcing approach, which relies simply on knowledge and experiences of residents to rapidly predict areas where disease-transmitting mosquitoes are most abundant. Guided by community-based resource persons, we mapped boundaries and major physical features in three rural Tanzanian villages. We then selected 60 community members, taught them basic map-reading skills, and offered them gridded maps of their own villages (grid size: 200m×200m) so they could identify locations where they believed mosquitoes were most abundant, by ranking the grids from one (highest density) to five (lowest density). The ranks were interpolated in ArcGIS-10 (ESRI-USA) using inverse distance weighting (IDW) method, and re-classified to depict areas people believed had high, medium and low mosquito densities. Finally, we used odor-baited mosquito traps to compare and verify actual outdoor mosquito densities in the same areas. We repeated this process for 12 months, each time with a different group of 60 residents. All entomological surveys depicted similar geographical stratification of mosquito densities in areas classified by community members as having high, medium and low vector abundance. These similarities were observed when all mosquito species were combined, and also when only malaria vectors were considered. Of the 12,412 mosquitoes caught, 60.9% (7,555) were from areas considered by community members as having high mosquito densities, 28% (3,470) from medium density areas, and 11.2% (1,387) from low density areas. This study provides evidence that we can rely on community knowledge and experiences to identify areas where mosquitoes are most abundant or least abundant, even without entomological surveys. This crowd-sourcing method could be further refined and validated to improve community-based planning of mosquito control operations at low-cost.
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- Stephen Peter Mwangungulu
- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
- School of Geospatial Science and Technology, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa
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Msellemu D, Namango HI, Mwakalinga VM, Ntamatungiro AJ, Mlacha Y, Mtema ZJ, Kiware S, Lobo NF, Majambere S, Dongus S, Drakeley CJ, Govella NJ, Chaki PP, Killeen GF. The epidemiology of residual Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission and infection burden in an African city with high coverage of multiple vector control measures. Malar J 2016; 15:288. [PMID: 27216734 PMCID: PMC4877954 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1340-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Background In the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam, high coverage of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), larvicide application (LA) and mosquito-proofed housing, was complemented with improved access to artemisinin-based combination therapy and rapid diagnostic tests by the end of 2012. Methods Three rounds of city-wide, cluster-sampled cross-sectional surveys of malaria parasite infection status, spanning 2010 to 2012, were complemented by two series of high-resolution, longitudinal surveys of vector density. Results Larvicide application using a granule formulation of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) had no effect upon either vector density (P = 0.820) or infection prevalence (P = 0.325) when managed by a private-sector contractor. Infection prevalence rebounded back to 13.8 % in 2010, compared with <2 % at the end of a previous Bti LA evaluation in 2008. Following transition to management by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), LA consistently reduced vector densities, first using the same Bti granule in early 2011 [odds ratio (OR) (95 % confidence interval (CI)) = 0.31 (0.14, 0.71), P = 0.0053] and then a pre-diluted aqueous suspension formulation from mid 2011 onwards [OR (95 % CI) = 0.15 (0.07, 0.30), P ≪ 0.000001]. While LA by MoHSW with the granule formulation was associated with reduced infection prevalence [OR (95 % CI) = 0.26 (0.12, 0.56), P = 0.00040], subsequent liquid suspension use, following a mass distribution to achieve universal coverage of LLINs that reduced vector density [OR (95 % CI) = 0.72 (0.51, 1.01), P = 0.057] and prevalence [OR (95 % CI) = 0.80 (0.69, 0.91), P = 0.0013], was not associated with further prevalence reduction (P = 0.836). Sleeping inside houses with complete window screens only reduced infection risk [OR (95 % CI) = 0.71 (0.62, 0.82), P = 0.0000036] if the evenings and mornings were also spent indoors. Furthermore, infection risk was only associated with local vector density [OR (95 % CI) = 6.99 (1.12, 43.7) at one vector mosquito per trap per night, P = 0.037] among the minority (14 %) of households lacking screening. Despite attenuation of malaria transmission and immunity, 88 % of infected residents experienced no recent fever, only 0.4 % of these afebrile cases had been treated for malaria, and prevalence remained high (9.9 %) at the end of the study. Conclusions While existing vector control interventions have dramatically attenuated malaria transmission in Dar es Salaam, further scale-up and additional measures to protect against mosquito bites outdoors are desirable. Accelerated elimination of chronic human infections persisting at high prevalence will require active, population-wide campaigns with curative drugs. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1340-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Daniel Msellemu
- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.,Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.,School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.,Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.,Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.,Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Eck Institute for Global Health, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.,Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.,Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.,Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.,Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. .,Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
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Kiware SS, Russell TL, Mtema ZJ, Malishee AD, Chaki P, Lwetoijera D, Chanda J, Chinula D, Majambere S, Gimnig JE, Smith TA, Killeen GF. A generic schema and data collection forms applicable to diverse entomological studies of mosquitoes. SOURCE CODE FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2016; 11:4. [PMID: 27022408 PMCID: PMC4809029 DOI: 10.1186/s13029-016-0050-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Standardized schemas, databases, and public data repositories are needed for the studies of malaria vectors that encompass a remarkably diverse array of designs and rapidly generate large data volumes, often in resource-limited tropical settings lacking specialized software or informatics support. RESULTS Data from the majority of mosquito studies conformed to a generic schema, with data collection forms recording the experimental design, sorting of collections, details of sample pooling or subdivision, and additional observations. Generically applicable forms with standardized attribute definitions enabled rigorous, consistent data and sample management with generic software and minimal expertise. Forms use now includes 20 experiments, 8 projects, and 15 users at 3 research and control institutes in 3 African countries, resulting in 11 peer-reviewed publications. CONCLUSION We have designed generic data schema that can be used to develop paper or electronic based data collection forms depending on the availability of resources. We have developed paper-based data collection forms that can be used to collect data from majority of entomological studies across multiple study areas using standardized data formats. Data recorded on these forms with standardized formats can be entered and linked with any relational database software. These informatics tools are recommended because they ensure that medical entomologists save time, improve data quality, and data collected and shared across multiple studies is in standardized formats hence increasing research outputs.
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- Samson S Kiware
- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania ; Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 USA
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania ; Pacific Malaria Initiative Support Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4006 Australia
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania ; Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA UK
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania ; Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA UK
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- Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, Basel, CH 4002 Switzerland
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania ; Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA UK
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Mwakalinga VM, Sartorius BKD, Mlacha YP, Msellemu DF, Limwagu AJ, Mageni ZD, Paliga JM, Govella NJ, Coetzee M, Killeen GF, Dongus S. Spatially aggregated clusters and scattered smaller loci of elevated malaria vector density and human infection prevalence in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malar J 2016; 15:135. [PMID: 26931372 PMCID: PMC4774196 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1186-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background Malaria transmission, primarily mediated by Anopheles gambiae, persists in Dar es Salaam (DSM) despite high coverage with bed nets, mosquito-proofed housing and larviciding. New or improved vector control strategies are required to eliminate malaria from DSM, but these will only succeed if they are delivered to the minority of locations where residual transmission actually persists. Hotspots of spatially clustered locations with elevated malaria infection prevalence or vector densities were, therefore, mapped across the city in an attempt to provide a basis for targeting supplementary interventions. Methods Two phases of a city-wide population-weighted random sample of cross-sectional household surveys of malaria infections were complemented by two matching phases of geographically overlapping, high-resolution, longitudinal vector density surveys; spanning 2010–2013. Spatial autocorrelations were explored using Moran’s I and hotspots were detected using flexible spatial scan statistics. Results Seven hotspots of spatially clustered elevated vector density and eight of malaria infection prevalence were detected over both phases. Only a third of vectors were collected in hotspots in phase 1 (30 %) and phase 2 (33 %). Malaria prevalence hotspots accounted for only half of malaria infections detected in phase 1 (55 %) and phase 2 (47 %). Three quarters (76 % in phase 1 and 74 % in phase 2) of survey locations with detectable vector populations were outside of hotspots. Similarly, more than half of locations with higher infection prevalence (>10 %) occurred outside of hotspots (51 % in phase 1 and 54 % in phase 2). Vector proliferation hazard (exposure to An. gambiae) and malaria infection risk were only very loosely associated with each other (Odds ratio (OR) [95 % Confidence Interval (CI)] = 1.56 [0.89, 1.78], P = 0.52)). Conclusion Many small, scattered loci of local malaria transmission were haphazardly scattered across the city, so interventions targeting only currently identifiable spatially aggregated hotspots will have limited impact. Routine, spatially comprehensive, longitudinal entomological and parasitological surveillance systems, with sufficient sensitivity and spatial resolution to detect these scattered loci, are required to eliminate transmission from this typical African city. Intervention packages targeted to both loci and hotspots of transmission will need to suppress local vector proliferation, treat infected residents and provide vulnerable residents with supplementary protective measures against exposure.
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- Victoria M Mwakalinga
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. .,Department of Housing and Infrastructure Planning, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ardhi University, P.O. Box 35176, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. .,Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, P.O. Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.
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- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, P.O. Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, P.O. Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, P.O. Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, P.O. Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, P.O. Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, P.O. Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.
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- Wits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, P.O. Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. .,Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, P.O. Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. .,Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK. .,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, 4002, Basel, Switzerland. .,University of Basel, 4001, Basel, Switzerland.
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Munyaneza F, Hirschhorn LR, Amoroso CL, Nyirazinyoye L, Birru E, Mugunga JC, Murekatete RM, Ntaganira J. Leveraging community health worker system to map a mountainous rural district in low resource setting: a low-cost approach to expand use of geographic information systems for public health. Int J Health Geogr 2014; 13:49. [PMID: 25479768 PMCID: PMC4320544 DOI: 10.1186/1476-072x-13-49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become an important tool in monitoring and improving health services, particularly at local levels. However, GIS data are often unavailable in rural settings and village-level mapping is resource-intensive. This study describes the use of community health workers’ (CHW) supervisors to map villages in a mountainous rural district of Northern Rwanda and subsequent use of these data to map village-level variability in safe water availability. Methods We developed a low literacy and skills-focused training in the local language (Kinyarwanda) to train 86 CHW Supervisors and 25 nurses in charge of community health at the health center (HC) and health post (HP) levels to collect the geographic coordinates of the villages using Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Data were validated through meetings with key stakeholders at the sub-district and district levels and joined using ArcMap 10 Geo-processing tools. Costs were calculated using program budgets and activities’ records, and compared with the estimated costs of mapping using a separate, trained GIS team. To demonstrate the usefulness of this work, we mapped drinking water sources (DWS) from data collected by CHW supervisors from the chief of the village. DWSs were categorized as safe versus unsafe using World Health Organization definitions. Result Following training, each CHW Supervisor spent five days collecting data on the villages in their coverage area. Over 12 months, the CHW supervisors mapped the district’s 573 villages using 12 shared GPS devices. Sector maps were produced and distributed to local officials. The cost of mapping using CHW supervisors was $29,692, about two times less than the estimated cost of mapping using a trained and dedicated GIS team ($60,112). The availability of local mapping was able to rapidly identify village-level disparities in DWS, with lower access in populations living near to lakes and wetlands (p < .001). Conclusion Existing national CHW system can be leveraged to inexpensively and rapidly map villages even in mountainous rural areas. These data are important to provide managers and decision makers with local-level GIS data to rapidly identify variability in health and other related services to better target and evaluate interventions.
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- Fabien Munyaneza
- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
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Lawson AB, Carroll R, Castro M. Joint spatial Bayesian modeling for studies combining longitudinal and cross-sectional data. Stat Methods Med Res 2014; 23:611-24. [PMID: 24713159 PMCID: PMC5388557 DOI: 10.1177/0962280214527383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Design for intervention studies may combine longitudinal data collected from sampled locations over several survey rounds and cross-sectional data from other locations in the study area. In this case, modeling the impact of the intervention requires an approach that can accommodate both types of data, accounting for the dependence between individuals followed up over time. Inadequate modeling can mask intervention effects, with serious implications for policy making. In this paper we use data from a large-scale larviciding intervention for malaria control implemented in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, collected over a period of almost 5 years. We apply a longitudinal Bayesian spatial model to the Dar es Salaam data, combining follow-up and cross-sectional data, treating the correlation in longitudinal observations separately, and controlling for potential confounders. An innovative feature of this modeling is the use of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process to model random time effects. We contrast the results with other Bayesian modeling formulations, including cross-sectional approaches that consider individual-level random effects to account for subjects followed up in two or more surveys. The longitudinal modeling approach indicates that the intervention significantly reduced the prevalence of malaria infection in Dar es Salaam by 20% whereas the joint model did not suggest significance within the results. Our results suggest that the longitudinal model is to be preferred when longitudinal information is available at the individual level.
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- Andrew B Lawson
- Department of Public Health, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
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- Department of Public Health, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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Chaki PP, Kannady K, Mtasiwa D, Tanner M, Mshinda H, Kelly AH, Killeen GF. Institutional evolution of a community-based programme for malaria control through larval source management in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. Malar J 2014; 13:245. [PMID: 24964790 PMCID: PMC4082415 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 06/01/2014] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Community-based service delivery is vital to the effectiveness, affordability and sustainability of vector control generally, and to labour-intensive larval source management (LSM) programmes in particular. CASE DESCRIPTION The institutional evolution of a city-level, community-based LSM programme over 14 years in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, illustrates how operational research projects can contribute to public health governance and to the establishment of sustainable service delivery programmes. Implementation, management and governance of this LSM programme is framed within a nested set of spatially-defined relationships between mosquitoes, residents, government and research institutions that build upward from neighbourhood to city and national scales. DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION The clear hierarchical structure associated with vertical, centralized management of decentralized, community-based service delivery, as well as increasingly clear differentiation of partner roles and responsibilities across several spatial scales, contributed to the evolution and subsequent growth of the programme. CONCLUSIONS The UMCP was based on the principle of an integrated operational research project that evolved over time as the City Council gradually took more responsibility for management. The central role of Dar es Salaam's City Council in coordinating LSM implementation enabled that flexibility; the institutionalization of management and planning in local administrative structures enhanced community-mobilization and funding possibilities at national and international levels. Ultimately, the high degree of program ownership by the City Council and three municipalities, coupled with catalytic donor funding and technical support from expert overseas partners have enabled establishment of a sustainable, internally-funded programme implemented by the National Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and supported by national research and training institutes.
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- Prosper P Chaki
- Ifakara Health Institute, Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.
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Validation of three geolocation strategies for health-facility attendees for research and public health surveillance in a rural setting in western Kenya. Epidemiol Infect 2014; 142:1978-89. [PMID: 24787145 PMCID: PMC4102101 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268814000946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Understanding the spatial distribution of disease is critical for effective disease control. Where formal address networks do not exist, tracking spatial patterns of clinical disease is difficult. Geolocation strategies were tested at rural health facilities in western Kenya. Methods included geocoding residence by head of compound, participatory mapping and recording the self-reported nearest landmark. Geocoding was able to locate 72·9% [95% confidence interval (CI) 67·7–77·6] of individuals to within 250 m of the true compound location. The participatory mapping exercise was able to correctly locate 82·0% of compounds (95% CI 78·9–84·8) to a 2 × 2·5 km area with a 500 m buffer. The self-reported nearest landmark was able to locate 78·1% (95% CI 73·8–82·1) of compounds to the correct catchment area. These strategies tested provide options for quickly obtaining spatial information on individuals presenting at health facilities.
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KELLY ANNH, LEZAUN JAVIER. Urban mosquitoes, situational publics, and the pursuit of interspecies separation in Dar es Salaam. AMERICAN ETHNOLOGIST 2014; 41:368-383. [PMID: 25429167 DOI: 10.1111/amet.12081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Recent work in anthropology points to the recognition of multispecies entanglements as the grounds for a more ethical politics. In this article, we examine efforts to control mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as an example of the laborious tasks of disentanglement that characterize public health interventions. The mosquito surveillance and larval elimination practices of an urban malaria control program offer an opportunity to observe how efforts to create distance between species relate to the physical and civic textures of the city. Seen in the particular context of the contemporary African metropolis, the work of public health appears less a matter of control than a commitment to constant urban maintenance and political mobilization.
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- ANN H. KELLY
- Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology; University of Exeter; Exeter EX4 4RJ United Kingdom
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- Institute for Science, Innovation and Society; School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography; University of Oxford; 64 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PN United Kingdom
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Maheu-Giroux M, Castro MC. Impact of community-based larviciding on the prevalence of malaria infection in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71638. [PMID: 23977099 PMCID: PMC3743749 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background The use of larval source management is not prioritized by contemporary malaria control programs in sub-Saharan Africa despite historical success. Larviciding, in particular, could be effective in urban areas where transmission is focal and accessibility to Anopheles breeding habitats is generally easier than in rural settings. The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a community-based microbial larviciding intervention to reduce the prevalence of malaria infection in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. Methods and Findings Larviciding was implemented in 3 out of 15 targeted wards of Dar es Salaam in 2006 after two years of baseline data collection. This intervention was subsequently scaled up to 9 wards a year later, and to all 15 targeted wards in 2008. Continuous randomized cluster sampling of malaria prevalence and socio-demographic characteristics was carried out during 6 survey rounds (2004–2008), which included both cross-sectional and longitudinal data (N = 64,537). Bayesian random effects logistic regression models were used to quantify the effect of the intervention on malaria prevalence at the individual level. Effect size estimates suggest a significant protective effect of the larviciding intervention. After adjustment for confounders, the odds of individuals living in areas treated with larviciding being infected with malaria were 21% lower (Odds Ratio = 0.79; 95% Credible Intervals: 0.66–0.93) than those who lived in areas not treated. The larviciding intervention was most effective during dry seasons and had synergistic effects with other protective measures such as use of insecticide-treated bed nets and house proofing (i.e., complete ceiling or window screens). Conclusion A large-scale community-based larviciding intervention significantly reduced the prevalence of malaria infection in urban Dar es Salaam.
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- Mathieu Maheu-Giroux
- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Matthys B, Koudou BG, N'Goran EK, Vounatsou P, Gosoniu L, Koné M, Gissé G, Utzinger J. Spatial dispersion and characterisation of mosquito breeding habitats in urban vegetable-production areas of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 2013; 104:649-66. [DOI: 10.1179/136485910x12851868780108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Berrang-Ford L, Garton K. Expert knowledge sourcing for public health surveillance: national tsetse mapping in Uganda. Soc Sci Med 2013; 91:246-55. [PMID: 23608601 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Revised: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In much of sub-Saharan Africa, availability of standardized and reliable public health data is poor or negligible. Despite continued calls for the prioritization of improved health datasets in poor regions, public health surveillance remains a significant global health challenge. Alternate approaches to surveillance and collection of public health data have thus garnered increasing interest, though there remains relatively limited research evaluating these approaches for public health. Herein, we present a case study applying and evaluating the use of expert knowledge sources for public health dataset development, using the case of vector distributions of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) in Uganda. Specific objectives include: 1) Review the use of expert knowledge sourcing methods for public health surveillance, 2) Review current knowledge on tsetse vector distributions of public health importance in Uganda and the methods used for tsetse mapping in Africa; 3) Quantify confidence of the presence or absence of tsetse flies in Uganda based on expert informant reports, and 4) Assess the reliability and potential utility of expert knowledge sourcing as an alternative or complimentary method for public health surveillance in general and tsetse mapping in particular. Information on tsetse presence or absence, and associated confidence, was collected through interviews with District Entomologist and Veterinary Officers to develop a database of tsetse distributions for 952 sub-counties in Uganda. Results show high consistency with existing maps, indicating potential reliability of modeling approaches, though failing to provide evidence for successful tsetse control in past decades. Expert-sourcing methods provide a novel, low-cost and rapid complimentary approach for triangulating data from prediction modeling where field-based validation is not feasible. Data quality is dependent, however, on the level of expertise and documentation to support confidence levels for data reporting. Results highlight the need for increased evaluation of alternate approaches and methods to data collection.
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- Lea Berrang-Ford
- Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, H3A0B9, Canada.
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Kelly AH, Lezaun J. Walking or Waiting? Topologies of the Breeding Ground in Malaria Control. SCIENCE AS CULTURE 2013; 22:86-107. [PMID: 25937707 PMCID: PMC4373137 DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2013.776368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Few places bear as much historical and scientific significance as the breeding ground, the accumulation of stagnant water where disease-carrying insects lay their eggs. Since the turn of the twentieth century, when mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus were identified as the vector of malaria transmission, these aquatic habitats have been a key object of epidemiological research and public health intervention against the disease. Yet the breeding ground can be incorporated into a number of different topologies, each implying a different spatialization of malaria and a distinct imagination of what kind of mosquito control is 'doable'. A contemporary example of malaria control in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, illuminates an essential tension between what we characterize as territorial and bionomic approaches to the breeding ground-that is, between control strategies premised on treating all mosquito habitats within a given region, and those that prioritize certain sites on the basis of their position within ecological networks. Each topology localizes the breeding ground by reference to a distinct set of relations, and thus advances an idiosyncratic understanding of what sort of research is worthwhile conducting and what kinds of intervention are sustainable. The multiple ways in which the breeding ground can become an object of research and action clarifies the role of topology as an infra-logic of public health, and makes explicit the politics implicit in efforts to bring different orders of the local to scale.
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- Ann H. Kelly
- Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Exeter, UK
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- Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, UK
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Dabiré RK, Namountougou M, Sawadogo SP, Yaro LB, Toé HK, Ouari A, Gouagna LC, Simard F, Chandre F, Baldet T, Bass C, Diabaté A. Population dynamics of Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Bobo-Dioulasso city: bionomics, infection rate and susceptibility to insecticides. Parasit Vectors 2012; 5:127. [PMID: 22721002 PMCID: PMC3424103 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Historical studies have indicated that An. gambiae s.s. is the predominant malaria vector species in Bobo-Dioulasso the second biggest city of Burkina Faso (West Africa). However, over the last decade, An. arabiensis appears to be replacing An. gambiae s.s. as the most prevalent malaria vector in this urban setting. To investigate this species transition in more detail the present study aims to provide an update on the malaria vector composition in Bobo-Dioulasso, and also the Plasmodium infection rates and susceptibility to insecticides of the local An. gambiae s.l. population. METHODS An entomological survey was carried out from May to December 2008 in Dioulassoba and Kodeni (central and peripheral districts respectively), which are representative of the main ecological features of the city. Sampling consisted of the collection of larval stages from water bodies, and adults by monthly indoor residual spraying (IRS) using aerosol insecticides. Insecticide susceptibility tests were performed using the WHO filter paper protocol on adults emerged from larvae. PCR was used to determine vector species and to identify resistance mechanisms (kdr and ace-1(R)). The Plasmodium infection rate was estimated by ELISA performed on female mosquitoes collected indoors by IRS. RESULTS An. arabiensis was found to be the major malaria vector in Bobo-Dioulasso, comprising 50 to 100% of the vector population. The sporozoite infection rate for An. arabiensis was higher than An. gambiae s.s. at both Dioulassoba and Kodeni. An. gambiae s.l. was resistant to DDT and cross-resistant to pyrethroids at the two sites with higher levels of resistance observed in An. gambiae s.s. than An. arabiensis. Resistance to 0.1% bendiocarb was observed in the An. gambiae s.s. S form but not the M form or in An. arabiensis. The L1014F kdr mutation was detected in the two molecular forms of An. gambiae s.s. at varying frequencies (0.45 to 0.92), but was not detected in An. arabiensis, suggesting that other mechanisms are involved in DDT resistance in this species. The ace-1(R) mutation was only detected in the S molecular form and was observed at the two sites at similar frequency (0.3). CONCLUSIONS Over the last ten years, An. arabiensis has become the major malaria vector in Bobo-Dioulasso city where it was formerly present only at low frequency. However, the ecological determinant that enhances the settlement of this species into urban and peri-urban areas of Bobo-Dioulasso remains to be clarified. The impact of the changing An. gambiae s.l. population in this region for vector control including resistance management strategies is discussed.
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- Roch K Dabiré
- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Centre Muraz, 01 BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Centre Muraz, 01 BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Centre Muraz, 01 BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Centre Muraz, 01 BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Centre Muraz, 01 BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Centre Muraz, 01 BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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- IRD/UR016-CRVOI, 2 rue Maxime Rivière 97490, Sainte Clotilde, Ile de la Réunion, Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- LIN-IRD/UMR MIVEGEC, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- Centre Entomologique de Cotonou/IRD/CIRAD, 06 BP 2604, Cotonou, République du Bénin Cotonou, Bénin
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- Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Centre Muraz, 01 BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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Chaki PP, Mlacha Y, Msellemu D, Muhili A, Malishee AD, Mtema ZJ, Kiware SS, Zhou Y, Lobo NF, Russell TL, Dongus S, Govella NJ, Killeen GF. An affordable, quality-assured community-based system for high-resolution entomological surveillance of vector mosquitoes that reflects human malaria infection risk patterns. Malar J 2012; 11:172. [PMID: 22624853 PMCID: PMC3475008 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND More sensitive and scalable entomological surveillance tools are required to monitor low levels of transmission that are increasingly common across the tropics, particularly where vector control has been successful. A large-scale larviciding programme in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is supported by a community-based (CB) system for trapping adult mosquito densities to monitor programme performance. METHODOLOGY An intensive and extensive CB system for routine, longitudinal, programmatic surveillance of malaria vectors and other mosquitoes using the Ifakara Tent Trap (ITT-C) was developed in Urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and validated by comparison with quality assurance (QA) surveys using either ITT-C or human landing catches (HLC), as well as a cross-sectional survey of malaria parasite prevalence in the same housing compounds. RESULTS Community-based ITT-C had much lower sensitivity per person-night of sampling than HLC (Relative Rate (RR) [95% Confidence Interval (CI)] = 0.079 [0.051, 0.121], P < 0.001 for Anopheles gambiae s.l. and 0.153 [0.137, 0.171], P < 0.001 for Culicines) but only moderately differed from QA surveys with the same trap (0.536 [0.406,0.617], P = 0.001 and 0.747 [0.677,0.824], P < 0.001, for An. gambiae or Culex respectively). Despite the poor sensitivity of the ITT per night of sampling, when CB-ITT was compared with QA-HLC, it proved at least comparably sensitive in absolute terms (171 versus 169 primary vectors caught) and cost-effective (153US$ versus 187US$ per An. gambiae caught) because it allowed more spatially extensive and temporally intensive sampling (4284 versus 335 trap nights distributed over 615 versus 240 locations with a mean number of samples per year of 143 versus 141). Despite the very low vectors densities (Annual estimate of about 170 An gambiae s.l bites per person per year), CB-ITT was the only entomological predictor of parasite infection risk (Odds Ratio [95% CI] = 4.43[3.027,7. 454] per An. gambiae or Anopheles funestus caught per night, P =0.0373). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION CB trapping approaches could be improved with more sensitive traps, but already offer a practical, safe and affordable system for routine programmatic mosquito surveillance and clusters could be distributed across entire countries by adapting the sample submission and quality assurance procedures accordingly.
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- Prosper P Chaki
- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT, UK
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, College of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA
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- Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- James Cook University, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Cairns, 4870, Australia
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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Sumaye RD, Lwetoijera DW, Madumla EP, Okumu FO. A geographical locationmodel for targeted implementation of lure-and-kill strategies against disease-transmitting mosquitoes in rural areas. MALARIAWORLD JOURNAL 2012; 3:1. [PMID: 38854886 PMCID: PMC11153359 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10975150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Background Outdoor devices for luring and killing disease-transmitting mosquitoes have been proposed as potential complementary interventions alongside existing intra-domiciliary methods namely insecticide treated nets and house spraying with residual insecticides. To enhance effectiveness of such outdoor interventions, it is essential to optimally locate them in such a way that they target most of the outdoor mosquitoes. Methods Using odour-baited lure and kill stations (OBS) as an example, we describe a map model derived from: 1) community participatory mapping conducted to identify mosquito breeding habitats, 2) entomological field studies conducted to estimate outdoor mosquito densities and to determine safe distances of the OBS from human dwellings, and 3) field surveys conducted to map households, roads, outdoor human aggregations and landmarks. The resulting data were combined in a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) environment and analysed to determine optimal locations for the OBS. Separately, a GIS-interpolated map produced by asking community members to rank different zones of the study area and show where they expected to find most mosquitoes, was visually compared to another map interpolated from the entomological survey of outdoor mosquito densities. Results An easy-to-interpret suitability map showing optimal sites for placing OBS was produced, which clearly depicted areas least suitable and areas most suitable for locating the devices. Comparative visual interpretation of maps derived from interpolating the community knowledge and entomological data revealed major similarities between the two maps. Conclusion Using distribution patterns of human and mosquito populations as well as characteristics of candidate outdoor interventions, it is possible to readily determine suitable areas for targeted positioning of the interventions, thus improve effectiveness. This study also highlights possibilities of relying on community knowledge to approximate areas where mosquitoes are most abundant and where to locate outdoor complementary interventions such as odour-baited lure and kill stations for controlling disease-transmitting mosquitoes.
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- Robert D. Sumaye
- Biomedical and Environmental Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Biomedical and Environmental Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
- Department of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Biomedical and Environmental Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
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- Biomedical and Environmental Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
- Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Fillinger U, Lindsay SW. Larval source management for malaria control in Africa: myths and reality. Malar J 2011; 10:353. [PMID: 22166144 PMCID: PMC3273449 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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As malaria declines in many African countries there is a growing realization that new interventions need to be added to the front-line vector control tools of long-lasting impregnated nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) that target adult mosquitoes indoors. Larval source management (LSM) provides the dual benefits of not only reducing numbers of house-entering mosquitoes, but, importantly, also those that bite outdoors. Large-scale LSM was a highly effective method of malaria control in the first half of the twentieth century, but was largely disbanded in favour of IRS with DDT. Today LSM continues to be used in large-scale mosquito abatement programmes in North America and Europe, but has only recently been tested in a few trials of malaria control in contemporary Africa. The results from these trials show that hand-application of larvicides can reduce transmission by 70-90% in settings where mosquito larval habitats are defined but is largely ineffectual where habitats are so extensive that not all of them can be covered on foot, such as areas that experience substantial flooding. Importantly recent evidence shows that LSM can be an effective method of malaria control, especially when combined with LLINs. Nevertheless, there are a number of misconceptions or even myths that hamper the advocacy for LSM by leading international institutions and the uptake of LSM by Malaria Control Programmes. Many argue that LSM is not feasible in Africa due to the high number of small and temporary larval habitats for Anopheles gambiae that are difficult to find and treat promptly. Reference is often made to the Ross-Macdonald model to reinforce the view that larval control is ineffective. This paper challenges the notion that LSM cannot be successfully used for malaria control in African transmission settings by highlighting historical and recent successes, discussing its potential in an integrated vector management approach working towards malaria elimination and critically reviewing the most common arguments that are used against the adoption of LSM.
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- Ulrike Fillinger
- Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Thomas Odhiambo Campus, Mbita, Mbita 40305, Kenya
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- Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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Worrall E, Fillinger U. Large-scale use of mosquito larval source management for malaria control in Africa: a cost analysis. Malar J 2011; 10:338. [PMID: 22067606 PMCID: PMC3233614 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background At present, large-scale use of two malaria vector control methods, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) is being scaled up in Africa with substantial funding from donors. A third vector control method, larval source management (LSM), has been historically very successful and is today widely used for mosquito control globally, except in Africa. With increasing risk of insecticide resistance and a shift to more exophilic vectors, LSM is now under re-evaluation for use against afro-tropical vector species. Here the costs of this intervention were evaluated. Methods The 'ingredients approach' was used to estimate the economic and financial costs per person protected per year (pppy) for large-scale LSM using microbial larvicides in three ecologically diverse settings: (1) the coastal metropolitan area of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, (2) a highly populated Kenyan highland area (Vihiga District), and (3) a lakeside setting in rural western Kenya (Mbita Division). Two scenarios were examined to investigate the cost implications of using alternative product formulations. Sensitivity analyses on product prices were carried out. Results The results show that for programmes using the same granular formulation larviciding costs the least pppy in Dar es Salaam (US$0.94), approximately 60% more in Vihiga District (US$1.50) and the most in Mbita Division (US$2.50). However, these costs are reduced substantially if an alternative water-dispensable formulation is used; in Vihiga, this would reduce costs to US$0.79 and, in Mbita Division, to US$1.94. Larvicide and staff salary costs each accounted for approximately a third of the total economic costs per year. The cost pppy depends mainly on: (1) the type of formulation required for treating different aquatic habitats, (2) the human population density relative to the density of aquatic habitats and (3) the potential to target the intervention in space and/or time. Conclusion Costs for LSM compare favourably with costs for IRS and LLINs, especially in areas with moderate and focal malaria transmission where mosquito larval habitats are accessible and well defined. LSM presents an attractive tool to be integrated in ongoing malaria control effort in such settings. Further data on the epidemiological health impact of larviciding is required to establish cost effectiveness.
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- Eve Worrall
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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Chaki PP, Dongus S, Fillinger U, Kelly A, Killeen GF. Community-owned resource persons for malaria vector control: enabling factors and challenges in an operational programme in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH 2011; 9:21. [PMID: 21955856 PMCID: PMC3204271 DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-9-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2010] [Accepted: 09/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Community participation in vector control and health services in general is of great interest to public health practitioners in developing countries, but remains complex and poorly understood. The Urban Malaria Control Program (UMCP) in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, implements larval control of malaria vector mosquitoes. The UMCP delegates responsibility for routine mosquito control and surveillance to community-owned resource persons (CORPs), recruited from within local communities via the elected local government. METHODS A mixed method, cross-sectional survey assessed the ability of CORPs to detect mosquito breeding sites and larvae, and investigated demographic characteristics of the CORPs, their reasons for participating in the UMCP, and their work performance. Detection coverage was estimated as the proportion of wet habitats found by the investigator which had been reported by CORP. Detection sensitivity was estimated as the proportion of wet habitats found by the CORPS which the investigator found to contain Anopheles larvae that were also reported to be occupied by the CORP. RESULTS The CORPs themselves perceived their role as professional rather than voluntary, with participation being a de facto form of employment. Habitat detection coverage was lower among CORPs that were recruited through the program administrative staff, compared to CORPs recruited by local government officials or health committees (Odds Ratio = 0.660, 95% confidence interval = [0.438, 0.995], P = 0.047). Staff living within their areas of responsibility had > 70% higher detection sensitivity for both Anopheline (P = 0.016) and Culicine (P = 0.012): positive habitats compared to those living outside those same areas. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Improved employment conditions as well as involving the local health committees in recruiting individual program staff, communication and community engagement skills are required to optimize achieving effective community participation, particularly to improve access to fenced compounds. A simpler, more direct, less extensive community-based surveillance system in the hands of a few, less burdened, better paid and maintained program personnel may improve performance and data quality.
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- Prosper P Chaki
- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Disease Control, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Disease Control, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
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Skovmand O, Ouedraogo TDA, Sanogo E, Samuelsen H, Toé LP, Bosselmann R, Czajkowski T, Baldet T. Cost of integrated vector control with improved sanitation and road infrastructure coupled with the use of slow-release Bacillus sphaericus granules in a tropical urban setting. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2011; 48:813-821. [PMID: 21845940 DOI: 10.1603/me10041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A field test of integrated vector control was conducted in a tropical urban setting with a combination of a floating, slow-release, granular formulation of Bacillus sphaericus and environmental engineering measures (renovation of roads, collective water pumps, and cesspool lids). The targets were Culex quinquefasciatus and Anopheles gambiae in the two biggest towns of Burkina Faso (West Africa). Within the intervention zone, water pumping stations were improved and the surroundings drained to prevent the accumulation of stagnant water. Roads were leveled and given either simple gutters on each side or a concrete channel on one side to drain runoff water. Garbage containers were installed to provide an alternative to the drainage channels for waste disposal. Septic tanks were modified so that they could be emptied without destroying their lid. This study showed that it is possible to implement mosquito control in a tropical urban environment with teams of young people rapidly trained to apply a biological larvicide without any tools other than an iron bar to lift cesspool lids. Environmental improvements were initially costly, but demanded little subsequent expenditure. Local inhabitants' committees were mobilized to provide people with information and monitor the efficacy of the measures. Compared with what people spent individually on mosquito prevention and malaria medicine, these measures were not expensive, but many expected the community to pay for them from existing taxes, e.g., for water treatment and disposal. The necessary funding and logistics require a municipal organization with neighborhood support, if the measures are to be effective.
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- Ole Skovmand
- Intelligent Insect Control, 118 Chemin des Alouettes, 34170 Castelnau le Lez, France.
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Monitoring mosquitoes in urban Dar es Salaam: evaluation of resting boxes, window exit traps, CDC light traps, Ifakara tent traps and human landing catches. Parasit Vectors 2011; 4:40. [PMID: 21418622 PMCID: PMC3069960 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Ifakara tent traps (ITT) are currently the only sufficiently sensitive, safe, affordable and practical method for routine monitoring host-seeking mosquito densities in Dar es Salaam. However, it is not clear whether ITT catches represent indoors or outdoors biting densities. ITT do not yield samples of resting, fed mosquitoes for blood meal analysis. Methods Outdoors mosquito sampling methods, namely human landing catch (HLC), ITT (Design B) and resting boxes (RB) were conducted in parallel with indoors sampling using HLC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention miniature light traps (LT) and RB as well as window exit traps (WET) in urban Dar es Salaam, rotating them thirteen times through a 3 × 3 Latin Square experimental design replicated in four blocks of three houses. This study was conducted between 6th May and 2rd July 2008, during the main rainy season when mosquito biting densities reach their annual peak. Results The mean sensitivities of indoor RB, outdoor RB, WET, LT, ITT (Design B) and HLC placed outdoor relative to HLC placed indoor were 0.01, 0.005, 0.036, 0.052, 0.374, and 1.294 for Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (96% An. gambiae s.s and 4% An. arabiensis), respectively, and 0.017, 0.053, 0.125, 0.423, 0.372 and 1.140 for Culex spp, respectively. The ITT (Design B) catches correlated slightly better to indoor HLC (r2 = 0.619, P < 0.001, r2 = 0.231, P = 0.001) than outdoor HLC (r2 = 0.423, P < 0.001, r2 = 0.228, P = 0.001) for An. gambiae s.l. and Culex spp respectively but the taxonomic composition of mosquitoes caught by ITT does not match those of the indoor HLC (χ2 = 607.408, degrees of freedom = 18, P < 0.001). The proportion of An. gambiae caught indoors was unaffected by the use of an LLIN in that house. Conclusion The RB, WET and LT are poor methods for surveillance of malaria vector densities in urban Dar es Salaam compared to ITT and HLC but there is still uncertainty over whether the ITT best reflects indoor or outdoor biting densities. The particular LLIN evaluated here failed to significantly reduce house entry by An. gambiae s.l. suggesting a negligible repellence effect.
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Kelly AH. Will He Be There?: Mediating malaria, immobilizing science. JOURNAL OF CULTURAL ECONOMY 2011; 4:65-79. [PMID: 21874136 PMCID: PMC3158131 DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2011.535336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This paper focuses on an unsettling example of experimental labour - the Human Landing Catch (HLC). The HLC is a cheap and reliable technique to produce data on mosquito densities in a defined area. It requires only a human volunteer to sit over night with his legs exposed, a headlamp to spot mosquitoes, and a rubber tube and plastic cup to catch them as they come to feed on him. The HLC formed the central methodological and operational strategy for a malaria control that took place in Dar es Salaam, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This paper analyses the epistemic and economic value of this experimental scenario by examining in detail the work it entails. In conceptualizing the different species of productivity associated with the HLC, of particular interest is the surprising fact that he is there. This paper argues that the interplay of mobility and immobility offers a way to rethink the value of research within interlocking circulations of capital, science, mosquitoes and men.
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- Ann H Kelly
- Anthropologies of African Biosciences, Room 2001, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WCIH 9SH.
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Beyer KMM, Comstock S, Seagren R. Disease maps as context for community mapping: a methodological approach for linking confidential health information with local geographical knowledge for community health research. J Community Health 2011; 35:635-44. [PMID: 20352481 DOI: 10.1007/s10900-010-9254-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Health is increasingly understood as a product of multiple levels of influence, from individual biological and behavioral influences to community and societal level contextual influences. In understanding these contextual influences, community health researchers have increasingly employed both geographic methodologies, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and community participatory approaches. However, despite growing interest in the role for community participation and local knowledge in community health investigations, and the use of geographical methods and datasets in characterizing community environments, there exist few examples of research projects that incorporate both geographical and participatory approaches in addressing health questions. This is likely due in part to concerns and restrictions regarding community access to confidential health data. In order to overcome this barrier, we present a method for linking confidential, geocoded health information with community-generated experiential geographical information in a GIS environment. We use sophisticated disease mapping methodologies to create continuously defined maps of colorectal cancer in Iowa, then incorporate these layers in an open source GIS application as the context for a participatory community mapping exercise with participants from a rural Iowa town. Our method allows participants to interact directly with health information at a fine geographical scale, facilitating hypothesis generation regarding contextual influences on health, while simultaneously protecting data confidentiality. Participants are able to use their local, geographical knowledge to generate hypotheses about factors influencing colorectal cancer risk in the community and opportunities for risk reduction. This work opens the door for future efforts to integrate empirical epidemiological data with community generated experiential information to inform community health research and practice.
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- Kirsten M M Beyer
- Department of Population Health, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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Guan WW, Burns B, Finkelstein JL, Blossom JC. Enabling Geographic Research Across Disciplines: Building an Institutional Infrastructure for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University. JOURNAL OF MAP & GEOGRAPHY LIBRARIES 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2011.534688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ansumana R, Malanoski AP, Bockarie AS, Sundufu AJ, Jimmy DH, Bangura U, Jacobsen KH, Lin B, Stenger DA. Enabling methods for community health mapping in developing countries. Int J Health Geogr 2010; 9:56. [PMID: 21034454 PMCID: PMC2987786 DOI: 10.1186/1476-072x-9-56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2010] [Accepted: 10/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Spatial epidemiology is useful but difficult to apply in developing countries due to the low availability of digitized maps and address systems, accurate population distributions, and computational tools. A community-based mapping approach was used to demonstrate that participatory geographic information system (PGIS) techniques can provide information helpful for health and community development. RESULTS The PGIS process allowed for the rapid determination of sectional (neighborhood) boundaries within the city of Bo, Sierra Leone. When combined with data about hospital laboratory visits, a catchment area for one hospital in Bo could be established. A survey of households from within the catchment area determined that the average population per household (about 6 individuals) was similar to that found in the 2004 census. However, we also found that the average house was inhabited by more than one household, for an average of 17.5 inhabitants per residential building, which is critical information to know when estimating population size using remote imagery that can detect and enumerate buildings. CONCLUSIONS The methods developed in this paper serve as a model for the involvement of communities in the generation of municipal maps and their application to community and health concerns.
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- Rashid Ansumana
- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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Castro MC, Kanamori S, Kannady K, Mkude S, Killeen GF, Fillinger U. The importance of drains for the larval development of lymphatic filariasis and malaria vectors in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2010; 4:e693. [PMID: 20520797 PMCID: PMC2876116 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2009] [Accepted: 03/31/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dar es Salaam has an extensive drain network, mostly with inadequate water flow, blocked by waste, causing flooding after rainfall. The presence of Anopheles and Culex larvae is common, which is likely to impact the transmission of lymphatic filariasis and malaria by the resulting adult mosquito populations. However, the importance of drains as larval habitats remains unknown. METHODOLOGY Data on mosquito larval habitats routinely collected by the Urban Malaria Control Program (UMCP) and a special drain survey conducted in 2006 were used to obtain a typology of habitats. Focusing on drains, logistic regression was used to evaluate potential factors impacting the presence of mosquito larvae. Spatial variation in the proportion of habitats that contained larvae was assessed through the local Moran's I indicator of spatial association. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS More than 70% of larval habitats in Dar es Salaam were human-made. Aquatic habitats associated with agriculture had the highest proportion of Anopheles larvae presence and the second highest of Culex larvae presence. However, the majority of aquatic habitats were drains (42%), and therefore, 43% (1,364/3,149) of all culicine and 33% (320/976) of all anopheline positive habitats were drains. Compared with drains where water was flowing at normal velocity, the odds of finding Anopheles and Culex larvae were 8.8 and 6.3 (p<0.001) times larger, respectively, in drains with stagnant water. There was a positive association between vegetation and the presence of mosquito larvae (p<0.001). The proportion of habitats with mosquito larvae was spatially correlated. CONCLUSION Restoring and maintaining drains in Dar es Salaam has the potential to eliminate more than 40% of all potential mosquito larval habitats that are currently treated with larvicides by the UMCP. The importance of human-made larval habitats for both lymphatic filariasis and malaria vectors underscores the need for a synergy between on-going control efforts of those diseases.
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- Marcia C Castro
- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Atkinson JAM, Fitzgerald L, Toaliu H, Taleo G, Tynan A, Whittaker M, Riley I, Vallely A. Community participation for malaria elimination in Tafea Province, Vanuatu: Part I. Maintaining motivation for prevention practices in the context of disappearing disease. Malar J 2010; 9:93. [PMID: 20380748 PMCID: PMC2873527 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2010] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background In the 1990s, the experience of eliminating malaria from Aneityum Island, Vanuatu is often given as evidence for the potential to eliminate malaria in the south-west Pacific. This experience, however, cannot provide a blueprint for larger islands that represent more complex social and environmental contexts. Community support was a key contributor to success in Aneityum. In the context of disappearing disease, obtaining and maintaining community participation in strategies to eliminate malaria in the rest of Tafea Province, Vanuatu will be significantly more challenging. Method Nine focus group discussions (FGDs), 12 key informant interviews (KIIs), three transect walks and seven participatory workshops were carried out in three villages across Tanna Island to investigate community perceptions and practices relating to malaria prevention (particularly relating to bed nets); influences on these practices including how malaria is contextualized within community health and disease priorities; and effective avenues for channelling health information. Results The primary protection method identified by participants was the use of bed nets, however, the frequency and motivation for their use differed between study villages on the basis of the perceived presence of malaria. Village, household and personal cleanliness were identified by participants as important for protection against malaria. Barriers and influences on bed net use included cultural beliefs and practices, travel, gender roles, seasonality of mosquito nuisance and risk perception. Health care workers and church leaders were reported to have greatest influence on malaria prevention practices. Participants preferred receiving health information through visiting community health promotion teams, health workers, church leaders and village chiefs. Conclusion In low malaria transmission settings, a package for augmenting social capital and sustaining community participation for elimination will be essential and includes: 'sentinel sites' for qualitative monitoring of evolving local socio-cultural, behavioural and practical issues that impact malaria prevention and treatment; mobilizing social networks; intersectoral collaboration; integration of malaria interventions with activities addressing other community health and disease priorities; and targeted implementation of locally appropriate, multi-level, media campaigns that sustain motivation for community participation in malaria elimination.
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- Jo-An M Atkinson
- Pacific Malaria Initiative Support Centre, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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Shaw IGR, Robbins PF, Jones JP. A Bug's Life and the Spatial Ontologies of Mosquito Management. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/00045601003595446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Chaki PP, Govella NJ, Shoo B, Hemed A, Tanner M, Fillinger U, Killeen GF. Achieving high coverage of larval-stage mosquito surveillance: challenges for a community-based mosquito control programme in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malar J 2009; 8:311. [PMID: 20042071 PMCID: PMC2806382 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Preventing malaria by controlling mosquitoes in their larval stages requires regular sensitive monitoring of vector populations and intervention coverage. The study assessed the effectiveness of operational, community-based larval habitat surveillance systems within the Urban Malaria Control Programme (UMCP) in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS Cross-sectional surveys were carried out to assess the ability of community-owned resource persons (CORPs) to detect mosquito breeding sites and larvae in areas with and without larviciding. Potential environmental and programmatic determinants of habitat detection coverage and detection sensitivity of mosquito larvae were recorded during guided walks with 64 different CORPs to assess the accuracy of data each had collected the previous day. RESULTS CORPs reported the presence of 66.2% of all aquatic habitats (1,963/2,965), but only detected Anopheles larvae in 12.6% (29/230) of habitats that contained them. Detection sensitivity was particularly low for late-stage Anopheles (2.7%, 3/111), the most direct programmatic indicator of malaria vector productivity. Whether a CORP found a wet habitat or not was associated with his/her unfamiliarity with the area (Odds Ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] = 0.16 [0.130, 0.203], P < 0.001), the habitat type (P < 0.001) or a fence around the compound (OR [95%CI] = 0.50 [0.386, 0.646], P < 0.001). The majority of mosquito larvae (Anophelines 57.8% (133/230) and Culicines 55.9% (461/825) were not reported because their habitats were not found. The only factor affecting detection of Anopheline larvae in habitats that were reported by CORPs was larviciding, which reduced sensitivity (OR [95%CI] = 0.37 [0.142, 0.965], P = 0.042). CONCLUSIONS Accessibility of habitats in urban settings presents a major challenge because the majority of compounds are fenced for security reasons. Furthermore, CORPs under-reported larvae especially where larvicides were applied. This UMCP system for larval surveillance in cities must be urgently revised to improve access to enclosed compounds and the sensitivity with which habitats are searched for larvae.
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- Prosper P Chaki
- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
- Durham University, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
- Durham University, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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- Durham University, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Disease Control & Vector Biology Unit, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
- Durham University, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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Maman S, Lane T, Ntogwisangu J, Modiba P, vanRooyen H, Timbe A, Visrutaratna S, Fritz K. Using participatory mapping to inform a community-randomized trial of HIV counseling and testing. FIELD METHODS 2009; 21:368-387. [PMID: 25328451 PMCID: PMC4200541 DOI: 10.1177/1525822x09341718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Participatory mapping and transect walks were used to inform the research and intervention design and to begin building community relations in preparation for Project Accept, a community-randomized trial sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). NIMH Project Accept is being conducted in five sites within four countries including Thailand, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Tanzania. Results from the mapping exercises informed decisions about the research design such as defining community boundaries, and identifying appropriate criteria for matching community pairs for the trial. The mapping also informed intervention related decisions such as where to situate the services. The participatory methods enabled each site to develop an understanding of the communities that could not have been derived from existing data or data collected through standard data collection techniques. Furthermore, the methods lay the foundation for collaborative community research partnerships.
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- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC, USA
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- Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- International Center for Research on Women, Washington, D.C., USA
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Ogoma SB, Kannady K, Sikulu M, Chaki PP, Govella NJ, Mukabana WR, Killeen GF. Window screening, ceilings and closed eaves as sustainable ways to control malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malar J 2009; 8:221. [PMID: 19785779 PMCID: PMC2760565 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2009] [Accepted: 09/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Malaria transmission in Africa occurs predominantly inside houses where the primary vectors prefer to feed. Human preference and investment in blocking of specific entry points for mosquitoes into houses was evaluated and compared with known entry point preferences of the mosquitoes themselves. Methods Cross-sectional household surveys were conducted in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to estimate usage levels of available options for house proofing against mosquito entry, namely window screens, ceilings and blocking of eaves. These surveys also enabled evaluation of household expenditure on screens and ceilings and the motivation behind their installation. Results Over three quarters (82.8%) of the 579 houses surveyed in Dar es Salaam had window screens, while almost half (48.9%) had ceilings. Prevention of mosquito entry was cited as a reason for installation of window screens and ceilings by 91.4% (394/431) and 55.7% (127/228) of respondents, respectively, but prevention of malaria was rarely cited (4.3%, 22/508). The median cost of window screens was between US $ 21-30 while that of ceilings was between US $301-400. The market value of insecticide-treated nets, window screening and ceilings currently in use in the city was estimated as 2, 5 and 42 million US$. More than three quarters of the respondents that lacked them said it was too expensive to install ceilings (82.2%) or window screens (75.5%). Conclusion High coverage and spending on screens and ceilings implies that these techniques are highly acceptable and excellent uptake can be achieved in urban settings like Dar es Salaam. Effective models for promotion and subsidization should be developed and evaluated, particularly for installation of ceilings that prevent entry via the eaves, which are the most important entry point for mosquitoes that cause malaria, a variety of neglected tropical diseases and the nuisance which motivates uptake.
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- Sheila B Ogoma
- University of Nairobi, School of Biological Sciences, PO Box 30197-00100 GPO Nairobi, Kenya.
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Fillinger U, Sombroek H, Majambere S, van Loon E, Takken W, Lindsay SW. Identifying the most productive breeding sites for malaria mosquitoes in The Gambia. Malar J 2009; 8:62. [PMID: 19361337 PMCID: PMC2674466 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2009] [Accepted: 04/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Ideally larval control activities should be targeted at sites that generate the most adult vectors, thereby reducing operational costs. Despite the plethora of potential mosquito breeding sites found in the floodplains of the Gambia River, about 150 km from its mouth, during the rainy season, only a small proportion are colonized by anophelines on any day. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of larval habitats most frequently and most densely populated by anopheline larvae and to estimate the numbers of adults produced in different habitats. Methods A case-control design was used to identify characteristics of sites with or without mosquitoes. Sites were surveyed for their physical water properties and invertebrate fauna. The characteristics of 83 sites with anopheline larvae (cases) and 75 sites without (controls) were collected between June and November 2005. Weekly adult productivity was estimated with emergence traps in water-bodies commonly containing larvae. Results The presence of anopheline larvae was associated with high invertebrate diversity (Odds Ratio, OR 11.69, 95% CI 5.61–24.34, p < 0.001), the presence of emergent vegetation (OR 2.83, 95% CI 1.35–5.95, p = 0.006), and algae (at borderline significance; OR 1.87, 95% CI 0.96–3.618, p = 0.065). The density of larvae was reduced in sites that were larger than 100 m in perimeter (OR 0.151; 95% CI 0.060–0.381, p < 0.001), where water was tidal (OR 0.232; 95% CI 0.101–0.533, p = 0.001), vegetation shaded over 25% of the habitat (OR 0.352; 95% CI 0.136–0.911, p = 0.031) and water conductivity was above 2,000 μS/cm (OR 0.458; 95% CI 0.220–0.990, p = 0.048). Pools produced the highest numbers of Anopheles gambiae adults compared with rice fields, floodwater areas close to the edge of the floodplain or close to the river, and stream fringes. Pools were characterized by high water temperature and turbidity, low conductivity, increased presence of algae, and absence of tidal water. Conclusion There are few breeding sites that produce a high number of adult vectors in the middle reaches of the river in The Gambia, whereas those with low productivity are larger in area and can be found throughout the rainy season. Even though risk factors could be identified for the presence and density of larvae and productivity of habitats, the results indicate that anti-larval interventions in this area of The Gambia cannot be targeted in space or time during the rainy season.
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- Ulrike Fillinger
- Disease Control & Vector Biology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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Geissbühler Y, Kannady K, Chaki PP, Emidi B, Govella NJ, Mayagaya V, Kiama M, Mtasiwa D, Mshinda H, Lindsay SW, Tanner M, Fillinger U, de Castro MC, Killeen GF. Microbial larvicide application by a large-scale, community-based program reduces malaria infection prevalence in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5107. [PMID: 19333402 PMCID: PMC2661378 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2008] [Accepted: 03/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Malaria control in Africa is most tractable in urban settlements yet most research has focused on rural settings. Elimination of malaria transmission from urban areas may require larval control strategies that complement adult mosquito control using insecticide-treated nets or houses, particularly where vectors feed outdoors. Methods and Findings Microbial larvicide (Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti)) was applied weekly through programmatic, non-randomized community-based, but vertically managed, delivery systems in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Continuous, randomized cluster sampling of malaria infection prevalence and non-random programmatic surveillance of entomological inoculation rate (EIR) respectively constituted the primary and secondary outcomes surveyed within a population of approximately 612,000 residents in 15 fully urban wards covering 55 km2. Bti application for one year in 3 of those wards (17 km2 with 128,000 residents) reduced crude annual transmission estimates (Relative EIR [95% Confidence Interval] = 0.683 [0.491–0.952], P = 0.024) but program effectiveness peaked between July and September (Relative EIR [CI] = 0.354 [0.193 to 0.650], P = 0.001) when 45% (9/20) of directly observed transmission events occurred. Larviciding reduced malaria infection risk among children ≤5 years of age (OR [CI] = 0.284 [0.101 to 0.801], P = 0.017) and provided protection at least as good as personal use of an insecticide treated net (OR [CI] = 0.764 [0.614–0.951], P = 0.016). Conclusions In this context, larviciding reduced malaria prevalence and complemented existing protection provided by insecticide-treated nets. Larviciding may represent a useful option for integrated vector management in Africa, particularly in its rapidly growing urban centres.
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- Yvonne Geissbühler
- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Coordination Office, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Coordination Office, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Department of Zoology and Marine Biology, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Coordination Office, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Coordination Office, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Department of Zoology and Marine Biology, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Coordination Office, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Coordination Office, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Fillinger U, Kannady K, William G, Vanek MJ, Dongus S, Nyika D, Geissbühler Y, Chaki PP, Govella NJ, Mathenge EM, Singer BH, Mshinda H, Lindsay SW, Tanner M, Mtasiwa D, de Castro MC, Killeen GF. A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malar J 2008; 7:20. [PMID: 18218148 PMCID: PMC2259364 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2007] [Accepted: 01/25/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background As the population of Africa rapidly urbanizes, large populations could be protected from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes if cost-effective and scalable implementation systems can be designed. Methods A recently initiated Urban Malaria Control Programme in Dar es Salaam delegates responsibility for routine mosquito control and surveillance to modestly-paid community members, known as Community-Owned Resource Persons (CORPs). New vector surveillance, larviciding and management systems were designed and evaluated in 15 city wards to allow timely collection, interpretation and reaction to entomologic monitoring data using practical procedures that rely on minimal technology. After one year of baseline data collection, operational larviciding with Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis commenced in March 2006 in three selected wards. Results The procedures and staff management systems described greatly improved standards of larval surveillance relative to that reported at the outset of this programme. In the first year of the programme, over 65,000 potential Anopheles habitats were surveyed by 90 CORPs on a weekly basis. Reaction times to vector surveillance at observations were one day, week and month at ward, municipal and city levels, respectively. One year of community-based larviciding reduced transmission by the primary malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae s.l., by 31% (95% C.I. = 21.6–37.6%; p = 0.04). Conclusion This novel management, monitoring and evaluation system for implementing routine larviciding of malaria vectors in African cities has shown considerable potential for sustained, rapidly responsive, data-driven and affordable application. Nevertheless, the true programmatic value of larviciding in urban Africa can only be established through longer-term programmes which are stably financed and allow the operational teams and management infrastructures to mature by learning from experience.
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- Ulrike Fillinger
- Durham University, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, South Road, Durham DH13LE, UK.
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