1. Lessons from agriculture for the sustainable management of malaria vectors
- Author
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Henk van den Berg, Andrew F. Read, Willem Takken, H. Charles J. Godfray, Jeff Waage, Joop C. van Lenteren, Bruce E. Tabashnik, and Matthew B. Thomas
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Integrated pest management ,Epidemiology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Disease Vectors ,Toxicology ,Global Health ,0302 clinical medicine ,Science Policy and Economics ,Laboratory of Entomology ,2. Zero hunger ,Policy Forum ,0303 health sciences ,Ecology ,Agriculture ,General Medicine ,insecticide resistance ,Investment (macroeconomics) ,PE&RC ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,strategies ,Medicine ,Public Health ,Translational science ,Agrochemicals ,pest-management ,Science Policy ,education ,030231 tropical medicine ,mosquito ,Biology ,system ,Research Funding ,Antimalarials ,03 medical and health sciences ,field trial ,parasitic diseases ,Genetics ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,impacts ,Environmental planning ,030304 developmental biology ,business.industry ,anopheles-gambiae ,lcsh:R ,Pest control ,Bioethics ,borne diseases ,medicine.disease ,Laboratorium voor Entomologie ,Sustainable Agriculture ,Malaria ,Biotechnology ,Technology Development ,africa ,Sustainable management ,Threatened species ,Pest Control ,business - Abstract
The effectiveness of insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor insecticide sprays to control adult mosquito vectors is being threatened by the spread of insecticide resistance. We argue for expanding beyond “insecticide monotherapy” to more sustainable integrated vector management strategies that use optimal suites of control tactics. Experience in agriculture suggests that such integrated approaches can provide more effective and durable pest management. This shift will require increased investment in research and translational science. Failure to act risks a resurgence of malaria and erosion of community support and donor commitment.
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- 2012