Insecticide-treated eave ribbons for malaria vector control in low-income communities

• Published in: Malaria journal Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 415
• Main Authors: Kaindoa, Emmanuel W, Mmbando, Arnold S, Shirima, Ruth, Hape, Emmanuel E, Okumu, Fredros O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 23.10.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aquatic insects; Biting; Community; Control; Control methods; Culicidae; Demographic aspects; Design; Developing countries; Disease transmission; Eave ribbons; Health aspects; Households; Houses; Human diseases; Indoor residual spraying; Insecticides; Low income areas; Low income groups; Malaria; Mortality; Mosquitoes; Outdoors; Prevention; Repellents; Review; Spatial repellents; Technology; Vector-borne diseases; Vectors; Tanzania

Supplementary tools are required to address the limitations of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), which are currently the core vector control methods against malaria in Africa. The eave ribbons technology exploits the natural house-entry behaviours of major malaria v...