Integrated Vector Management: Controlling Vectors of Malaria and Other Insect Vector Borne Diseases. By Graham Matthews. Hoboken (New Jersey): Wiley-Blackwell. $119.95. xi + 234 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-4706-5966-3. 2011.

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-151
Author(s):  
Andrew F. Read
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Insect Vector ◽  
Integrated Vector Management ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Vector Management ◽  
Vector Borne

scholarly journals Impact, economic evaluation, and sustainability of integrated vector management in urban settings to prevent vector-borne diseases: a scoping review

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Marcos-Marcos ◽  
Antonio Olry de Labry-Lima ◽  
Silvia Toro-Cardenas ◽  
Marina Lacasaña ◽  
Stéphanie Degroote ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Integrated Vector Management ◽  
Urban Settings ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Vector Management ◽  
Vector Borne

scholarly journals Integrated vector management: a critical strategy for combating vector-borne diseases in South Sudan

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Chanda ◽  
John M Govere ◽  
Michael B Macdonald ◽  
Richard L Lako ◽  
Ubydul Haque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Sudan ◽  
Integrated Vector Management ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Vector Management ◽  
Vector Borne

scholarly journals Getting ready for integrated vector management for improved disease prevention in Zimbabwe: a focus on key policy issues to consider

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shadreck Sande ◽  
Moses Zimba ◽  
David Nyasvisvo ◽  
Munyaradzi Mukuzunga ◽  
Emmanuel H. Kooma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Vector Control ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Integrated Vector Management ◽  
Transmission Cycle ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Vector Behaviour ◽  
Vector Management ◽  
Vector Borne

Abstract Background This paper outlines Zimbabwe’s potential readiness in harnessing integrated vector management (IVM) strategy for enhanced control of vector-borne diseases. The objective is to provide guidance for the country in the implementation of the national IVM strategy in order to make improvements required in thematic areas of need. The paper also assesses the existing opportunities and gaps to promote and adopt the approach as a national policy. Main text Despite recent gains in combating vector-borne diseases, especially malaria, management of vector control programmes still remains insecticide-based and vertical in nature. Therefore, concerns have been raised on whether the current long-standing conventional vector control strategy still remains with sufficient action to continue to break the transmission cycle to the levels of elimination. This is so, given the continuous dwindling resources for vector control, changes in vector behaviour, the emergence of resistance to medicines and insecticides, climate change, environmental degradation, as well as diversity in ecology, breeding habitats, and community habits. Cognizant of all that, elements of a surveillance-driven IVM approach are rapidly needed to move vector control interventions a step further. These include advocacy, policy formulation, capacity building, public and private partnerships, community engagement, and increasingly basing decisions on local evidence. Understanding the existing opportunities and gaps, and the recognition that some elements of IVM are already imbedded in the current health programmes is important to encourage stakeholders to promptly support its implementation. Leveraging on the existing opportunities, combined with sufficient advocacy, IVM could easily be accepted by the Zimbabwe government as part of a wider integrated disease management strategy. The strategy could represent an excellent breakthrough to establish much needed intra and inter-sectoral dialogue, and coordination for improved vector-borne disease prevention. Conclusions After synthesis of the opportunities and challenges clearly presented, it was concluded that it is imperative for Zimbabwe to adopt and implement IVM strategy that is informed by work already done, while addressing the bottlenecks. The significance of refocusing for improved disease prevention that has the potential to accomplish elimination of not only malaria but all vector borne diseases much earlier than anticipated under the existing vector control system is underscored.

scholarly journals Dynamics and Biocontrol: The Indirect Effects of a Predator Population on a Host-Vector Disease Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengyan Zhou ◽  
Hongxing Yao
Keyword(s):  
Disease Model ◽  
Transmitted Disease ◽  
Host Population ◽  
Uniform Persistence ◽  
Predator Population ◽  
Insect Vector ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Vector Population ◽  
Reproduction Numbers ◽  
Vector Borne

A model of the interactions among a host population, an insect-vector population, which transmits virus from hosts to hosts, and a vector predator population is proposed based on virus-host, host-vector, and prey (vector)-enemy theories. The model is investigated to explore the indirect effect of natural enemies on host-virus dynamics by reducing the vector densities, which shows the basic reproduction numbersR01(without predators) andR02(with predators) that provide threshold conditions on determining the uniform persistence and extinction of the disease in a host population. When the model is absent from predator, the disease is persistent ifR01>1; in such a case, by introducing predators of a vector, then the insect-transmitted disease will be controlled ifR02<1. From the point of biological control, these results show that an additional predator population of the vector may suppress the spread of vector-borne diseases. In addition, there exist limit cycles with persistence of the disease or without disease in presence of predators. Finally, numerical simulations are conducted to support analytical results.

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