Shenton, FC;
Addissie, A;
Alabaster, G;
Baziwe, D;
Carrasco Tenezaca, M;
Chinula, D;
Jatta, E;
... Lindsay, SW; + view all
(2020)
Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa.
Cities & Health
10.1080/23748834.2019.1684771.
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Abstract
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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23748834.2019.1684771 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1684771 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Vector-borne diseases, built environment, sub-Saharan Africa |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10109847 |
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