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Building out vector-borne diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: an interdisciplinary network focusing on preventing vector-borne diseases through improving the built environment

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About

The problem

What is the burden of vector-borne diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and how are they linked to the built environment?

Who are we

The BOVA network is co-led by network Directors Professor Steve Lindsay and Professor Mike Davies, and supported by a network Management Board

What we do

The BOVA network aims to create an inter-disciplinary network of researchers in the built environment and vector-borne diseases in sub-Saharan Africa

Upcoming Events

14 - 17 September

3rd BOVA Open Network Meeting/ UN-Habitat IG-UTP symposium

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, Morroco

Useful resources

02.04.20

Bartlett Review 2019: Designing Out Disease

The Bartlett Review 2019

Article

26.03.20

Environmental temperature and growth faltering in African children: a cross-sectional study

The Lancet Planetary Health

Peer-reviewed article

25.03.20

Housing and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis

Plos MEDICINE

Peer-reviewed article

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WHO technical brief for countries preparing malaria funding requests for the Global Fund (2020 - 2022) https://t.co/fNze9zfqBM

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WHO Q&A on malaria and the COVId-19 pandemic, also available in French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian https://t.co/kYQs5HL2h3

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