TY - JOUR
KW - Vector control
KW - Vector borne diseases
KW - Stakeholder collaboration
KW - Operational impact
KW - Integrated vector management
KW - Capacity building
AU - Chanda E
AU - Ameneshewa B
AU - Bagayoko M
AU - Govere JM
AU - Macdonald MB
AB - <p>The increasing global threat of emerging and re-emerging vector-borne diseases (VBDs) poses a serious health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends integrated vector management (IVM) strategy for combating VBD transmission. An IVM approach requires entomological knowledge, technical and infrastructure capacity, and systems facilitating stakeholder collaboration. In sub-Saharan Africa, successful operational IVM experience comes from relatively few countries. This article provides an update on the extent to which IVM is official national policy, the degree of IVM implementation, the level of compliance with WHO guidelines, and concordance in the understanding of IVM, and it assesses the operational impact of IVM. The future outlook encompasses rational and sustainable use of effective vector control tools and inherent improved return for investment for disease vector control.</p>

BT - Trends in parasitology
DO - 10.1016/j.pt.2016.09.006
J2 - Trends in Parasitology
LA - eng
M3 - Opinion
N2 - <p>The increasing global threat of emerging and re-emerging vector-borne diseases (VBDs) poses a serious health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends integrated vector management (IVM) strategy for combating VBD transmission. An IVM approach requires entomological knowledge, technical and infrastructure capacity, and systems facilitating stakeholder collaboration. In sub-Saharan Africa, successful operational IVM experience comes from relatively few countries. This article provides an update on the extent to which IVM is official national policy, the degree of IVM implementation, the level of compliance with WHO guidelines, and concordance in the understanding of IVM, and it assesses the operational impact of IVM. The future outlook encompasses rational and sustainable use of effective vector control tools and inherent improved return for investment for disease vector control.</p>

PY - 2016
T2 - Trends in parasitology
TI - Harnessing integrated vector management for enhanced disease prevention.
UR - http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1471492216301623http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S1471492216301623?httpAccept=text/xmlhttp://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S1471492216301623?httpAccept=text/plain
SN - 14714922
ER -