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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

18.05.20

Source reduction with a purpose: Mosquito ecology and community perspectives offer insights for improving household mosquito management in coastal Kenya

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Peer-reviewed article

18.05.20

Malaria vector abundance is associated with house structures in Baringo County, Kenya

PLoS ONE

Peer-reviewed article

18.05.20

Housing gaps, mosquitoes and public viewpoints: a mixed methods assessment of relationships between house characteristics, malaria vector biting risk and community perspectives in rural Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Peer-reviewed article

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