Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Knols Bart GJ, van Schayk Ingeborg, Yamagata Yoichi, Mtasiwa Deo, Mboera Leonard, Nkwengulila Gamba, Kiche Ibrahim, Mathenge Evan M, Ijumba Jasper N, Kiama G Michael, Kannady Khadija, Mukabana W, Lindsay Steven W, de Castro Marcia, Mshinda Hassan, Tanner Marcel, Fillinger Ulrike, Killeen Gerry F
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2006
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Rusinga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-5-9; https://doaj.org/article/8fb2edd5a07f46719232464ed2c6adb2

Abstract Background Integrated vector management (IVM) for malaria control requires ecological skills that are very scarce and rarely applied in Africa today. Partnerships between communities and academic ecologists can address this capacity deficit, modernize the evidence base for such approaches a...