Empowering rural communities for effective larval source management: A small-scale field evaluation of a community-led larviciding approach to control malaria in south-eastern Tanzania
This study demonstrates that training community members to identify, characterize, and target larval habitats of the dominant malaria vectors can be effective for larval source management in rural Tanzania. Community-led larviciding reduced the densities of adult and late-stage instar larvae of <i>An. funestus</i> and <i>Culex</i> spp. inside houses, suggesting that this approach may have potential for malaria control in rural settings. However, efforts are still needed to increase awareness of larviciding in the relevant communities.
Authors
- Salum A. Mapua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3309-4328)
- Fredros O. Okumu
- Alex J. Limwagu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8908-0315)
- Kusirye Ukio
- Frédéric Tripet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7939-0712)
- Dmitry Kishkinev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2619-1197)
- Javier Lezaun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5483-3628)
- Wahida Mtiro
- Ismail H. Nambunga
- G. John
- S. Mziray
- Khamis Kifungo
Institutions
- Ifakara Health Institute (TZ)
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Keele University (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Parasite Epidemiology and Control
- Published
- 2024-10-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2024.e00382
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Wellcome Trust