Despite being preventable, malaria remains an important public health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that overall progress in malaria control has plateaud for the first time since the turn of the century. Researchers and policymakers are therefore exploring alternative and supplementary malaria vector control tools. Research in 1900 indicated that modification of houses may be effective in reducing malaria: this is now being revisited, with new research now examining blocking house mosquito entry points or modifying house construction materials to reduce exposure of inhabitants to infectious bites.
Reference:
Furnival-Adams, J., Olanga, E., Napier, M. & Garner, P. 2021. House modifications for preventing malaria (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 10. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11784
Furnival-Adams, J., Olanga, E., Napier, M., & Garner, P. (2021). House modifications for preventing malaria (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 10, http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11784
Furnival-Adams, J, EA Olanga, Mark Napier, and P Garner "House modifications for preventing malaria (Review)." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 10 (2021) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11784
Furnival-Adams J, Olanga E, Napier M, Garner P. House modifications for preventing malaria (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 10. 2021; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11784.
