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Use of live potted lemon grass for outdoor mosquito control in Tanzania
Objectives
This project will promote the placement of lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus) around houses as a way to drive off mosquitos and reduce malaria.
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) Tanzania, Tanzania
Malaria is one of the major threats to public health and economic development and, in Tanzania, malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Conventional malaria vector control strategies, including integrated malaria vector control (IVM), using long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), indoor residual spraying (IRS) and environmental management have been found to be effective. However, the effectiveness of LLINs and IRS approaches targeting indoor biting mosquitoes in preventing malaria is threatened by the changing biting behaviour of mosquitoes from night and inside houses, to daylight and outside houses, and by their increasing resistance to insecticides.
Use of live potted lemon grass for outdoor mosquito control in Tanzania
Mar 2014 — Dec 2015
