A Critical Assessment of Environmental Management and Sanitation as a Vector Control Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Malaria in the Sunyani Municipality, Bono Region, Ghana

Environmental management is the altering of the environment to avoid or reduce vector proliferation to prevent humanvector-pathogen contact through the destruction, changing, eliminating, or salvaging of empty receptacles providing conducive environment developmental stages of the mosquito vector such as eggs, larvae, pupa, and adult whereas these activities must form the backbone of vector control Environmental Management is in 3-folds namely: (1) Environmental Modification: permanent carnal alterations to reduce vector larval habitats for example, consistent network water supply to communities as well as domestic connections. (2) Environmental Manipulation: momentary changing/altering of vector habitations concerning the controlling of receptacles including regular draining and housekeeping by washing water-storage containers, flower pots, desilting of gutters, hiding or discarding empty lorry tires to prevent accumulation of water, recovering or appropriate disposal of discarded containers and tires. (3) Modification and Manipulation: human habitat and behavioral changes as well as activities to shrink human–vector contact, that is, fixing mosquito screening on windows and doors as well as other entrances and use of mosquito nets during sleeping time either day/night timeThe environmental management of malaria vectors could be an operational means for malaria control. Controlling the mosquitoes that transmit the malaria infection by tackling the Anophelines larval stage is an essential element of malaria control program globally through eliminating the breeding sites by way of source reduction, which is attacking the larval habitats as well as incorporating adult vector control measures, could greatly help this fight.

Exploratory qualitative study and a designed focus group discussion (FGD).

Climate Change
Vector Control

Dec 2019 — Jun 2020

$1,334

Ghana