TY - JOUR
T1 - Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa
AU - Shenton, Fiona C.
AU - Addissie, Adamu
AU - Alabaster, Graham
AU - Baziwe, Dorothy
AU - Tenezaca, Maria Carrasco
AU - Chinula, Dingani
AU - Jatta, Ebrima
AU - Jawara, Musa
AU - Jones, Robert
AU - Knudsen, Jakob Brandtberg
AU - Krystosik, Amy Robyn
AU - McCann, Robert
AU - Murima, Ng’Ang’a
AU - Mutuku, Francis Mutuku
AU - Nguela, Rachel Laure
AU - Sanchez, Claudia Nieto
AU - Nix, Emily
AU - Okumu, Fredros
AU - Ruel-Bergeron, Sarah
AU - Spitzen, Jeroen
AU - Tusting, Lucy S.
AU - Wilson, Anne L.
AU - Wood, Hannah
AU - Zahouli, Julien Zahouli Bi
PY - 2019/11/8
Y1 - 2019/11/8
N2 - Mosquito-transmitted diseases are a major threat to health in sub-Saharan Africa, but could be reduced through modifications to the built environment. Here we report findings from a major workshop held to identify the research gaps in this area, namely: (1) evidence of the health benefits to changes to the built environment, (2) understanding how mosquitoes enter buildings, (3) novel methods for reducing mosquito-house entry, (4) sustainable approaches for reducing mosquito habitats, (5) case studies of micro-financing for healthy homes and (6) methods for increasing scale-up. Multidisciplinary research is essential to build out mosquito-transmitted diseases, and not build them in.
AB - Mosquito-transmitted diseases are a major threat to health in sub-Saharan Africa, but could be reduced through modifications to the built environment. Here we report findings from a major workshop held to identify the research gaps in this area, namely: (1) evidence of the health benefits to changes to the built environment, (2) understanding how mosquitoes enter buildings, (3) novel methods for reducing mosquito-house entry, (4) sustainable approaches for reducing mosquito habitats, (5) case studies of micro-financing for healthy homes and (6) methods for increasing scale-up. Multidisciplinary research is essential to build out mosquito-transmitted diseases, and not build them in.
U2 - 10.1080/23748834.2019.1684771
DO - 10.1080/23748834.2019.1684771
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2374-8834
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Cities & Health
JF - Cities & Health
ER -