Vector control/killing has been a long and durable strategy for malaria control across the globe. Current efforts to kill or dramatically shorten the life span of female Anopheles mosquitoes have honed the use of insecticides to specifically meet the biology of mosquito biting and resting behaviors, including putting insecticide on long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) where the mosquito lands...

SMALL INVESTMENTS IN IMPROVED HEALTH OF THE POOR have a remarkable return in reduced morbidity and mortality. While the developed economies grapple with health systems that cost several thousand dollars per person per year and often spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a treatment to eke out an additional few months of life, outlays of just a few dozen dollars per person per year in impove...

BACKGROUND Malaria is an important cause of illness and death across endemic regions. Considerable success against malaria has been achieved within the past decade mainly through long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs). However, elimination of the disease is proving difficult as current control methods do not protect against mosquitoes biting outdoors and when people are active. Repellent...

urban malaria vector, accounts for about 15% of the total malaria incidence in India1. The vector control primarily relies on the use of chemical insecticides like synthetic pyrethroids in the form of insecticide treated nets (ITNs), long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS)2. In urban areas, IRS is not feasible; hence use of ITNs and LLINs could provide an effec...

Abstract Eswatini was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to pass a National Malaria Elimination Policy 2011, and later set target for elimination by year 2020. This case study aimed review malaria surveillance data of collected over 8 years between 2012 2019 evaluate country’s efforts that targeted Coverage indoor residual spraying (IRS) vector control on cases were provided Programme (NMP...