Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa
Fiona C Shenton;
Adamu Addissie;
Graham Alabaster;
Dorothy Baziwe;
Maria Carrasco Tenezaca;
Dingani Chinula;
Ebrima Jatta;
Musa Jawara;
Robert Jones 
;
Jakob Knudsen;
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Amy Robyn Krystosik;
Robert McCann;
Ng’Ang’a Murima;
Francis Mutuku;
Rachel Laure Nguela;
Claudia Nieto Sanchez;
Emily Nix ;
Fredros Okumu;
Sarah Ruel-Bergeron;
Jeroen Spitzen;
Lucy S Tusting ;
Anne L Wilson;
Hannah Wood;
Julien Zahouli Bi Zahouli;
Michael Davies;
Steve W Lindsay;
(2019)
Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa.
Cities & Health, 6 (1).
pp. 72-80.
ISSN 2374-8834
DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2019.1684771
;
Jakob Knudsen;
+16 more...
Amy Robyn Krystosik;
Robert McCann;
Ng’Ang’a Murima;
Francis Mutuku;
Rachel Laure Nguela;
Claudia Nieto Sanchez;
Emily Nix ;
Fredros Okumu;
Sarah Ruel-Bergeron;
Jeroen Spitzen;
Lucy S Tusting ;
Anne L Wilson;
Hannah Wood;
Julien Zahouli Bi Zahouli;
Michael Davies;
Steve W Lindsay;
(2019)
Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa.
Cities & Health, 6 (1).
pp. 72-80.
ISSN 2374-8834
DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2019.1684771
Mosquito-transmitted diseases are a major threat to health in sub-Saharan Africa, but could be reduced through modifications to the built environment. Here we report findings from a major workshop held to identify the research gaps in this area, namely: (1) evidence of the health benefits to changes to the built environment, (2) understanding how mosquitoes enter buildings, (3) novel methods for reducing mosquito-house entry, (4) sustainable approaches for reducing mosquito habitats, (5) case studies of micro-financing for healthy homes and (6) methods for increasing scale-up. Multidisciplinary research is essential to build out mosquito-transmitted diseases, and not build them in.
