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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

Useful resources

January 2020

The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Peer-reviewed article

Jan 2010

Comparative Field Trial of Alternative Vector Control Strategies for Non-Domiciliated Triatoma dimidiata

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Peer-reviewed article

Feb 2015

Long-lasting insecticide-treated house screens and targeted treatment of productive breeding-sites for dengue vector control in Acapulco, Mexico

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Peer-reviewed article

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@bovanetwork on twitter

#PLOSNTDs: The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases https://t.co/ivJm0ry9uQ

3 days 17 hours ago

PATH - Senior Research Officer, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases https://t.co/orckHLRBl4

5 days 19 hours ago

Worthwhile conference: Impact of Environmental Changes on Infectious diseases -Innovative Responses https://t.co/z7mCfsl7FN

2 weeks 19 hours ago

Characterizing the Spatial Determinants and Prevention of Malaria in Kenya https://t.co/SE8MH7qYyD

2 weeks 4 days ago

The Earthshot Prize. https://t.co/QlEBW9U6Mb via @YouTube

2 weeks 4 days ago

Protecting migratory farmers in rural Tanzania using eave ribbons treated with the spatial mosquito repellent, tran… https://t.co/3vIBKt0rzf

1 month 1 day ago

Gambians protest to push for fresh elections https://t.co/kJFwCNaji7 via @BBCNews

1 month 4 days ago

RT @ShelterCluster: The @ShelterCluster has been activated in #BurkinaFaso Learn more about the #shelter needs and the activities of th… https://t.co/aXbgsjM33g

1 month 4 days ago

The RBM Partnership to End Malaria is looking for a Deputy Chief Executive. Here is the link to the job application. https://t.co/zPvThjbxv3

1 month 4 days ago

@PlantpathDog @CONNECTED_Virus Very jealous of @CONNECTED_Virus @BovaNetwork should really get the same

1 month 1 week ago

Career Opportunities: Technical Specialist / Entomology Technical Manager - VectorLink Cambodia (62280) https://t.co/ffXMTexeH9

1 month 1 week ago

Effects of indoor residual spraying and outdoor larval control on Anopheles coluzzii from São Tomé and Príncipe, tw… https://t.co/wpOAeiahyF

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About

The problem

Who are we

What we do

Useful resources

The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases

Comparative Field Trial of Alternative Vector Control Strategies for Non-Domiciliated Triatoma dimidiata

Long-lasting insecticide-treated house screens and targeted treatment of productive breeding-sites for dengue vector control in Acapulco, Mexico

@bovanetwork on twitter

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Durham University

University College London

UN HABITAT

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

University of Oxford

New Partnership for Africa's Development

Imperial College London

In2Care

Development Workshop

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine

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