Controlling vectors and engaging communities to prevent dengue in Cambodia
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Resources: Project brief
We trialed a socio-ecological vector control strategy using guppy fish distribution for larval source control and low-cost mosquito traps.
Dengue is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease in the world and is a key public health issue in Cambodia. In a collaborative partnership, two Cambodian ministries (the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport) will come together, with Malaria Consortium and partners, to implement a cross-sectoral dengue prevention project. This approach aims to reduce mosquito breeding sites and limit the spread of dengue by trialling a socio-ecological vector control strategy that combines evidence-based biophysical with social interventions. The project will take place in schools and households in rural Prey Chhor, a district in Kampong Cham province with one of the highest incidence rates for dengue in the country.
