Digitally managed larviciding as a cost-effective intervention for urban malaria: operational lessons from a pilot in Sao Tome and Principe guided by the Zzapp system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Once a mainstay of malaria elimination operations, larval source management (LSM)-namely, the treatment of mosquito breeding habitats-has been marginalized in Africa in favour of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS). However, the development of new technologies, and mosquitoes' growing resistance to insecticides used in LLINs and IRS raise renewed interest in LSM.

Methods

A digitally managed larviciding (DML) operation in three of the seven districts of São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) was launched by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and ZzappMalaria LTD. The operation was guided by the Zzapp system, consisting of a designated GPS-based mobile application and an online dashboard, which facilitates the detection, sampling and treatment o

SUBMITTER: Vigodny A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080920 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature