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FIRST CONSESUS STUDY :
Assessing Malaria Vector Resistance to Insecticides Used for
Indoor Residual Spraying in Uganda |
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Statement of Task
To help foster a successful implementation strategy for indoor residual spraying (IRS), the Uganda National Academy of Sciences will assume the task of convening a consensus committee that will identify, review and assess the current state of knowledge and policies pertinent to monitoring malaria vector resistance in the context of an effective national program for IRS with DDT for controlling malaria. The committee should also review issues and guidelines on the use and selection of IRS insecticides against malaria vectors that should be considered in national decision-making.
More specifically, over the course of three months, it is proposed that the committee will:m.
- Use a comprehensive review of the published literature and other data sources to conduct a background assessment to frame the issues involved with potential insecticide resistance;
- Review the optimum approach for monitoring malaria vector resistance to insecticides in Uganda;
- Recommend best practices for the effective use of DDT and other malaria vector insecticides for use in Uganda that take into consideration insecticide susceptibility as well as vector and human behavior and might include such issues as: insecticide rotation, length of insecticide use, implementation of multiple interventions, and community outreach and education.
The committee will report on the assessed strengths and weaknesses of the proposed “best practices” with respect to maximizing the effectiveness of DDT and other insecticides. The committee will also identify contextual issues that would have a bearing on successful implementation of the “best practices.”.
COMMITTEE ON ASSESSING MALARIA VECTOR RESISTANCE TO INSECTICIDES USED FOR INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING IN UGANDA
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Dr. James Tibenderana
Director
Malaria Research Centre, Kampala |
Vice Chair |
Dr. Nelson Musoba
Director, PPP in Health
Kampala, Uganda |
Epidemiology & Systems Research: |
Dr. Mary Hamel (consultant)
Medical Epidemiologist & Malaria Branch Chief of the CDC/ Kemri Research Station Western Kenya |
Entomologist: |
Prof. Maureen Coetzee
Research Professor at National Institute for Communicable Diseases and School of Pathology,
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa |
IRS Vector Control Specialist:
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Dr. John W. Bahana (Consultant)
IRS Project Director
RTI International
Dr. Allan Schapira (Consultant)
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology
Swiss Tropical Institute
Basle, Switzerland
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Clinical Ifectious Diseases:
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Prof. Benson B.A. Estambale
Consultant Physician
University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious diseases (UNITID), College of Health Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya |
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Dr. Jesca Nsungwa-Sabiiti
Institute of Public Health, Makerere University
Child Health Division, Ministry of Health
Kampala, Uganda |
Health Economics: |
Dr. Charlotte Muheki Zikusooka
Managing Consultant
Health Net, Uganda
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