Strengthening integrated Zika virus epidemics and Aedes mosquito management and containment programs innovations in Africa

dc.contributor.authorErnest Tambo
dc.contributor.authorChristopher Khayeka-Wandabwa
dc.contributor.authorOluwasogo A. Olalubi
dc.contributor.authorJeanne Y Ngogang
dc.contributor.authorEmad IM Khater
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-13T08:57:11Z
dc.date.available2025-02-13T08:57:11Z
dc.date.issued2016-10
dc.description.abstractWith over 72 countries and territories affected worldwide with Aedes mosquito-transmitted Zika virus disease and estimated over millions of people are at high ZIKV risk including pregnant women in these Aedes mosquito prone settings. The recent epidemic events further stress the ever-increasing need and value of national public health evidence-based decision-making policy, budget allocation and programs in protecting vulnerable communities. This paper highlights Aedes vector ecological determinants and impacts mitigation and adaptation approaches in strengthening and in scaling-up integrated Aedes mosquito management programs and ZIKV epidemics prevention and containment measures across Aedes-prone African countries. We supported the view of WHO urgency to establish and strengthen effective and robust local/national public health laboratories surveillance, port of entries and intersectorial monitoring capabilities, scaling-up proven vector management programs and ZIKV preparedness-response activities. This paper provides the prerequisite in scaling up integrated cost-effective Aedes vectors community awareness and empowerment in risk alertness and communication strategies, and Zika virus population-based detection, diagnosis and reporting systems in guiding evidence-based epidemiologic, clinical and environmental programs implementation innovations at all levels in vulnerable countries such as Africa. Moreover, improving shared responsibility and participation are vital. Furthermore, instituting robust, effective and sustainable local/national preparedness and emergency response systems capacity is crucial in existing and future arthropod-borne threats and disasters.
dc.identifier.otherhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/308967217
dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4363
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJournal of Molecular Pathological Epidemiology
dc.relation.ispartofseriesvol 1.1
dc.titleStrengthening integrated Zika virus epidemics and Aedes mosquito management and containment programs innovations in Africa
dc.typeArticle
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