Yaounde Initiative Foundation» Mosquito control

YIF is assessing a cold fogger for adult mosquito control

Graham Matthews — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:56:48 +0000

There is a new addition to the YIF toolbox for vector control – a vehicle mounted cold fogger has been imported from the UK for trials to determine whether a routine space treatment can drastically reduce a mosquito population and thus protect people from outdoor biting and malaria transmission in urban areas. The research complements extensive field trials carried by YIF on slow release pesticides for Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS). This photo is from the United States where space spraying for adult mosquito control is widespread.

New publication on the impact of distributing insecticide treated mosquito nets

Graham Matthews — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:14:03 +0000

YIF assessed the impact of distributing 5,000 insecticide treated bed nets (PermaNets) and has published the results in Outlooks on Pest Management – see the publication at: https://bit.ly/2sUoobQ. The distribution of the nets had a substantial impact on malaria incidence in Libamba community, lasting for at least 4 years post-intervention.

Dr Jane Che was able to follow the incidence of malaria which showed that children benefited by being under the nets, but adults still got malaria. As a result of the expansion of electricity in towns and villages, people are not going indoors as soon as the sun goes down, so biting occurs during the evenings outdoors. However, it is quite clear from previous YIF research that effective control of malaria requires a ‘blended attack’, involving bednets, mosquito control, infection surveillance and awareness raising, rather than the one-technology approach that some promote. In The USA, space treatments are the main method of reducing mosquito populations, but so far WHO has only recommended cold or thermal fogs in emergencies such as at refugee camps.

YIF Directors meet Cameroon Deputy High Commissioner

Terry Wiles — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:42:30 +0000

The Cameroon Deputy High Commissioner, Mr Denis Nyuydzewira, joined YIF Directors, Terry Wiles, Graham Matthews and Hans Dobson for a lunchtime meeting at the Farmer’s Club in Whitehall Court on Wednesday 9 November 2011. We have always enjoyed good relations with the High Commission staff, but this was the first opportunity to talk in detail about technical and development issues in Cameroon. Mr Nyuydzewira was briefed on the Libamba development project, blackfly control work, and malaria mosquito management. He expressed interest in finding ways to develop coffee and livestock production in Cameroon. We agreed to keep him informed on YIF activities, and to try to schedule visits to Cameroon for the next time he returns home on leave. The mutual agreement was that we should seek ways to build on the productive Cameroonian/British collaboration over the past 8 years in order to expand the developmental impact even further in Cameroon and beyond.

YIF Meeting of the Board of Trustees at Imperial College London

Hans Dobson — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:34:56 +0000

Dr Pierre Baleguel visited England 11 – 15 May 2011 for a Trustees Board Meeting with the other Directors of YIF, Professor Graham Matthews, Terry Wiles and Hans Dobson. Discussions were productive and plans were updated for the remainder of 2011 and 2012. The opportunity was also taken to hold a meeting on the CropLife CleanFarms project.

Animated Guide to Indoor Residual Spraying

Graham Matthews — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:12:46 +0000

WHO published a short booklet on how to spray the inside of houses for mosquito control. An animated version of this booklet has been produced as a DVD and can be downloaded from

http://www.who.int/whopes/equipment/en/

You can click on either the pdf version of the booklet or the animated version below the text alongside a picture of the cover of the manual.

New book on Integrated Vector Management in press

Graham Matthews — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:34:51 +0000

The most recent book by Professor Graham Matthews – YIF Technical Director – is entitled ‘Integrated Vector Management’ and is due to be published by Wiley-Blackwell mid-2011. It covers the use of different control techniques for insect vectors of human disease with chapters on the diseases transmitted by insect vectors, the types of insecticide, and application technologies. In particular, the use of indoor residual spraying (IRS), space treatments, larviciding and bednets. The primary focus is the integration of these technologies with non-chemical methods such as drainage of breeding sites and house improvements to prevent the entry of vectors.

YIF signs convention with MINSANTE

Terry Wiles — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:27:26 +0000

The Yaounde Initiative Foundation has signed a ‘Convention’ with the Ministry of Public Health to carry out vector control operations on its behalf in Cameroon. As part of this convention, YIF has also been designated as the organisation to test new public health pesticides in the country, and to carry out epidemiological, entomological and ecotoxicological evaluations.