Large-scale intermittent larviciding intervention and associations with key malaria epidemiological parameters in Tanga Region, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria remains one of the major public health problems both globally and in Tanzania. In addition to existing malaria control interventions, the country plans to introduce larviciding in its efforts towards malaria control and elimination. To guide a possible national upscaling of the intervention, a pilot larviciding study using biolarvicides produced in-country was implemented and evaluated to generate a body of evidence on operations and the impact of the intervention. The current manuscript reports on the association between larviciding and three major malaria epidemiological parameters.

Methods

Larviciding was conducted in three councils in Tanga Region in the North-East of the country and covered a population of over 1.1 million. The councils represented di

SUBMITTER: Kailembo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12534916 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature