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Evaluating the impact of larviciding with Bti and community education and mobilization as supplementary integrated vector management interventions for malaria control in Kenya and Ethiopia
Objectives
To assess the effect of supplementing LLINs with either larviciding with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) or community education and mobilization (CEM), or with both interventions in the context of integrated vector management (IVM).
The study specifically aimed at verifying under field conditions if adding larviciding and CEM either individually or combined can further reduce indoor malaria vector density and malaria prevalence in the community compared to when LLINs alone are used.
International centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya
Malaria prevention in Africa is mainly through the use of long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs). The objective of the study was to assess the effect of supplementing LLINs with either larviciding with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) or community education and mobilization (CEM), or with both interventions in the context of integrated vector management (IVM).
Factorial, cluster-randomized, controlled trial. In each site there were 16 villages (clusters), with four villages randomly assigned to each of the four study arms: LLINs only (arm 1); LLINs and Bti (arm 2); LLINs and CEM (arm 3); and, LLINs combined with Bti and CEM (arm 4).
Jan 2013 — Jan 2016
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