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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

7 June 2018

Housing and Health: An overview of the literature

Health Affairs

Peer-reviewed article

January 2019

Attention and sentiment of Chinese public toward green buildings based on Sina Weibo

SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY

Peer-reviewed article

December 2018

Integrated approach to malaria prevention at household level in rural communities in Wakiso district, Uganda: impact evaluation of a pilot project

African Health Sciences

Peer-reviewed article

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