Keeping the vector out: housing improvements for vector control and sustainable development

This policy brief “Keeping the vector out: housing improvements for vector control and sustainable development” contributes to recognize the importance of integrated approaches of vector control and aiming at highlighting effective housing interventions to prevent vector-borne diseases. The evidence shows that poor quality housing and neglected peri-domestic environments are risk factors for the transmission of malaria, arboviral diseases (e.g. dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, Zika virus disease), Chagas disease and leishmaniasis and that housing interventions such as screening windows, doors and eaves of houses, by fitting ceilings, and by reducing the vectors’ indoor hiding and breeding places, such as cracks and crevices in walls, floors and roofs are essential for reducing morbidity, mortality, human suffering and thereby promoting economic growth, well-being and the reduction of poverty. Useful for policy-makers, governments, academics, and anyone interested in the topic.
 

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Briefing | 2017

Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO