Guidelines for malaria vector control
The Guidelines for malaria vector control provide a "one-stop shop" for all countries and partners working to implement effective malaria vector control measures. They cover the 2 core malaria vector control interventions - ITNs and IRS - as well as supplementary interventions, namely chem...
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Geneva :
World Health Organization
2019.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009816713506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Objectives
- 1.3 Scope
- 1.4 Outcomes
- 1.5 Target audience
- 1.6 Funding
- 1.7 Management of conflicts of interest
- 1.8 Methods used to formulate recommendations
- 1.9 Dissemination
- 1.10 Updating
- 1.11 User feedback
- 2. Malaria and related entomological and vector control concepts
- 2.1 Etiology
- 2.2 Vectors and their behaviour and distribution
- 2.3 Background and rationale for vector control
- 3. Recommendations on malaria vector control
- 3.1 Prevention, mitigation and management of insecticide resistance
- 3.2 Vector control across different malaria transmission settings
- 4. Recommendations on core interventions
- 4.1 Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs)
- 4.2 Indoor residual spraying (IRS)
- 5. Recommendation* on supplementary interventions
- 5.1 Larval source management (LSM)
- 6. Recommendations on personal protection measures
- 6.1 Topical repellents, insecticide-treated clothing and spatial/ airborne repellents
- 7. Other interventions
- 7.1 Space spraying
- 7.2 Housing improvements
- 8. Special situations
- 6.1 Residual transmission
- 8.2 Epidemics and humanitarian emergencies
- 8.3 Migrant populations and populations engaged in high-risk activities
- 9. Implementation challenges
- 9.1 Acceptability, participation and ethical considerations
- 9.2 Equity, gender and human rights
- 9.3 Resource implications and prioritization
- 9.4 Human resources and entomological capacity
- 10. Monitoring and evaluation of vector control
- 10.1 Quality assurance of vector control interventions
- 11. Research agenda to support future updates
- References
- Annex 1. Persons involved in development of the Guidelines
- Annex 2. Overview of WHO guideline development process
- Annex 3. Criteria used in the Evidence-to-Decision Framework
- Annex 4. GRADE tables assessing the certainty of evidence.
