Endemic countries need practical ways to evaluate malaria interventions. I will use cheap near infrared spectrometry to identify important vectors and tell if they are old enough to transmit disease, a potentially easy way to monitor vector control.
The majority of all 243 million reported cases of malaria worldwide occur in children under five in Africa. While effective treatment has lowered the mortality rate, current malaria interventions are unlikely to halt the actual transmission of the disease, showing the need for supplementary intervention measures. This project aims to introduce biolarvicides in rice farming practices in rural Tanzania, as an innovative approach in malaria control.
Uganda’s Med Biotech Laboratories, meanwhile, will produce a colorful, insecticide-infused ‘plaster’ for the outside walls of African village homes. Mud-huts in rural Africa are ‘smeared’ with a plaster of colored materials to give them an attractive appearance. By incorporating insecticides into ‘plaster’ materials, our idea turns this practice into a low-tech for malaria eradication.
Our proposal aims at development of a novel anti-mosquito blend applicable in integrated vector management of malaria vectors. Reduced malaria transmission has the potential of locally eliminating malaria, ultimately reducing percentage of population at risk and mortality resulting from malaria in Kenya. Follow Clarence Mang'era on Twitter @clamazing"
Modification of typical rural house by installing ventilated ceiling made from local mats is likely to decrease malaria transmission by reducing entry of malaria vectors known to enter houses later in the night through open eaves of funnel-shaped rural houses. Click HERE to Download the photos below. Follow Harrysone Atieli on Twitter @HarrysAtieli[caption id=""attachment_7990"align=""aligncenter"width=""300""] A typical funnel-shaped rural house in Kenya has open eaves, which allows for easy entry of mosquitoes potentially transmitting malaria.
Insect Parasitic Nematode, Romanomermis iyengari, in Malaria Control. Université d'Abomey-Calavi. The project proposes to develop sustainable, non-chemical control of malaria vectors through the use of this roundworm. Expected output of the project is suppression of the proliferation of malaria vectors, and significant reduction of malaria transmission in pilot areas.
An integrated technological and self-testing strategy which offers confidentiality and reduces stigma. This project will develop a self-testing strategy for HIV that is in tune with people's needs and optimized within the public health system for South Africa.
To assess the feasibility of operating a private fee-for-service clinic catering to middle-income patients within a large, publicly funded HIV clinic in Uganda caring for 10,000 HIV patients. If successful, it would help fund care for poorer patients currently supported by potentially unstable government and NGO funding.
This project will harness the potential of unlicensed drug shop owners to recognize malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea, and to deliver appropriate diagnostics and treatment that is affordable and accessible to families, helping to reduce Uganda's high death rate among children under five. Private drug shops, though poorly regulated, have proliferated in Uganda, offering a channel through which rudimentary help can be delivered.