Ecologists Can Enable Communities to Implement Malaria Vector Control in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMukabana, Richard W.
dc.contributor.authorKannady, Khadija
dc.contributor.authorKiama, Michael G.
dc.contributor.authorIjumba, Jasper N.
dc.contributor.authorMathenge, Evan M.
dc.contributor.authorKiche, Ibrahim
dc.contributor.authorNkwengulila, Gamba
dc.contributor.authorMboera, Leonard
dc.contributor.authorMtasiwa, Deo
dc.contributor.authorYamagata, Yoichi
dc.contributor.authorSchayk, Ingeborg van
dc.contributor.authorKnols, Bart G. J.
dc.contributor.authorLindsay, Steven W.
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Marcia C.
dc.contributor.authorMshinda, Hassan
dc.contributor.authorTanner, Marcel
dc.contributor.authorFillinger, Ulrike
dc.contributor.authorKilleen, Gerry F.
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-12T13:04:18Z
dc.date.available2016-04-12T13:04:18Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractIntegrated 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 and enable future scale up. Community-based IVM programmes were initiated in two contrasting settings. On Rusinga Island, Western Kenya, community outreach to a marginalized rural community was achieved by University of Nairobi through a community-based organization. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Ilala Municipality established an IVM programme at grassroots level, which was subsequently upgraded and expanded into a pilot scale Urban Malaria Control Programme with support from national academic institutes. Both programmes now access relevant expertise, funding and policy makers while the academic partners benefit from direct experience of community-based implementation and operational research opportunities. The communities now access up-to-date malaria-related knowledge and skills for translation into local action. Similarly, the academic partners have acquired better understanding of community needs and how to address the Until sufficient evidence is provided, community-based IVM remains an operational research activity. Researchers can never directly support every community in Africa so community-based IVM strategies and tactics will need to be incorporated into undergraduate teaching programmes to generate sufficient numbers of practitioners for national scale programmes. Academic ecologists at African institutions are uniquely positioned to enable the application of practical environmental and entomological skills for malaria control by communities at grassroots level and should be supported to fulfil this neglected role.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMukabana, W.R., Kannady, K., Kiama, G.M., Ijumba, J.N., Mathenge, E.M., Kiche, I., Nkwengulila, G., Mboera, L., Mtasiwa, D., Yamagata, Y. and Van Schayk, I., 2006. Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa. Malaria Journal, 5(1), p.9.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1475-2875-5-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1481
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.subjectIVMen_US
dc.subjectMalariaen_US
dc.subjectCommunitiesen_US
dc.subjectEcologistsen_US
dc.titleEcologists Can Enable Communities to Implement Malaria Vector Control in Africaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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