Vectors: recognising the challenge and reducing neglect

Hemingway, Janet ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3200-7173 (2019) 'Vectors: recognising the challenge and reducing neglect'. International Health, Vol 11, Issue 5, pp. 341-343.

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Abstract

Vector control is essential for the prevention and reduction of malaria transmission and is increasingly recognised as a key element of several neglected tropical disease (NTD) elimination programmes. Very few vector control interventions have a strong evidence base for their public health impact, and those that do are insecticide-based and threatened by resistance. The pipeline of new interventions and new insecticides is being filled and several are undergoing randomised controlled trials. If these are subsequently to be used sustainably, interventions will need to be combined. The major challenge will be to generate the evidence base and funding to achieve this sustainable combination at the country level. Unless this is done, the selection pressure for resistance to the new generation of vector control tools is likely to rapidly reduce our ability to control insect vectors in the foreseeable future

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 650 Insect vectors WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 240 Disinfection. Disinfestation. Pesticides (including diseases caused by)
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihz050
Depositing User:	David Lee
Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2019 15:30
Last Modified:	26 Sep 2019 15:30
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/12513

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