Table 1 |
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Integrated Vector Management (IVM) implementation phases |
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| Phase |
Activities |
Purpose |
Time |
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| Introduction |
Designation of national focal point |
To spearhead IVM |
October 2004 |
| Training of national focal point |
To develop the National Action Plan |
November 2004 |
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| National steering committee constituted |
To review and adopt WHO guidelines for VCNA |
February 2005 |
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| Vector Control Needs Assessment |
To determine gaps in policies, legislation and capacity |
May 2005 |
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| National Stakeholders Consensus Workshop |
To adopt VCNA report and endorse IVM as national strategy |
June 2005 |
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| Draft country specific IVM guidelines produced |
To adapt strategies to local conditions |
2005 |
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| Capacity building workshops on IVM conducted |
To train provincial and district personnel |
2005 |
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| National Entomology laboratory upgraded |
To enhance evidence-based decision-making |
2005 |
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| Five district selected to conduct epidemiological assessments and develop district
action plan |
To operationalize IVM (IRS, ITNs, Larviciding and E. management). |
2005 |
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| Consolidation |
Quarterly national IVM committee meetings conducted |
To ascertain functionality of IVM structures |
Every quarter |
| Yearly review of the national action plan |
To incorporate and address policy and regulatory issues |
Yearly |
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| Conduct trainers of trainers workshops |
To strengthen capacity for vector control |
Yearly |
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| Expansion |
IVM training workshop conducted |
To scale up interventions to 19 districts |
November 2006 |
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Chanda et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:164 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-164 |
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