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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

Friday 16th October 2020

BOVA Network Third Open Meeting (remote)

Useful resources

22.09.20

Evaluating effectiveness of screening house eaves as a potential intervention for reducing indoor vector densities and malaria prevalence in Nyabondo, western Kenya

Malaria Journal

Peer-reviewed article

22.09.20

Housing quality improvement is associated with malaria transmission reduction in Costa Rica

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Peer-reviewed article

22.09.20

Climate and Urbanization Drive Mosquito Preference for Humans

Current Biology

Peer-reviewed article

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About

The problem

Who are we

What we do

Upcoming Events

BOVA Network Third Open Meeting (remote)

Useful resources

Evaluating effectiveness of screening house eaves as a potential intervention for reducing indoor vector densities and malaria prevalence in Nyabondo, western Kenya

Housing quality improvement is associated with malaria transmission reduction in Costa Rica

Climate and Urbanization Drive Mosquito Preference for Humans

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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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