Vector Control Measures

According to the World Health Organization, Table F1. Vector control procedures include:

Environmental management

• Reduce larval habitats

• Manage (wash/cover) containers

• Discard/recycle containers

• Reduce human-vector contact

• Install window screens

Larval control

• Source reduction

• Chemical control

• Biological control

Adult mosquito control

• Use of Insecticide Treated IT) bednets

In February 2014, WHO recommended Long Lasting Bednets which have insecticide that least for up to three years. The Aedes Aegypti and Aedes Albopictus bite during the day also.

longlastingbednets

• Use of IT curtains

• Lethal ovitraps

• Space sprays

• Indoor residual treatments

Resistance testing

Operational research and

Efficacy evaluation

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