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Last Updated: 10/06/2024

Gender norms in vector control programmes from Africa to Brazil

Objectives

To study whether considering gender in the design and operation of mosquito-control programs can help them to sustainably eliminate vector-borne diseases such as Zika.

Principal Institution

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom

Principal Investigators / Focal Persons

Clare Wenham

Rationale and Abstract

Brazil has eliminated disease-causing mosquitoes several times, but they keep returning. Data from Africa have shown that malaria control programs purposefully involving women have longer-lasting effects, which may translate to other countries and for other diseases. To test this, they will analyze how women impact vector control programs, as well as how they are specifically affected by them, by conducting fieldwork, including interviewing local community health workers and vector control agents and analyzing existing data. This evidence will be used to produce a gender-mainstreamed vector control policy for piloting to test whether gender is a valuable determinant of the success of disease-control programs.

External reference

Project details Grant details

Thematic Categories

Vector-based Strategies

Date

Apr 2020 — Oct 2021

Total Project Funding

$100,000

Funding Details

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), United States

Grand Challenges. 2019 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting Call-to-Action

Grant ID: INV-015957