Malaria Journal
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Fillinger U
Kannady K
William G
Vanek MJ
Dongus S
Nyika D
Geissbühler Y
Chaki PP
Govella NJ
Mathenge EM
Singer BH
Mshinda H
Lindsay SW
Tanner M
Mtasiwa D
de Castro MC
Killeen GF

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Kannady K
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Vanek MJ
Dongus S
Nyika D
Geissbühler Y
Chaki PP
Govella NJ
Mathenge EM
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Mshinda H
Lindsay SW
Tanner M
Mtasiwa D
de Castro MC
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A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Ulrike Fillinger¹ , Khadija Kannady² , George William² , Michael J Vanek³ , Stefan Dongus³^,4 , Dickson Nyika⁵^,6 , Yvonne Geissbühler²^,3^,5 , Prosper P Chaki¹^,2^,5 , Nico J Govella¹^,2^,5 , Evan M Mathenge⁷ , Burton H Singer⁸ , Hassan Mshinda⁵ , Steven W Lindsay¹ , Marcel Tanner³ , Deo Mtasiwa² , Marcia C de Castro⁹ and Gerry F Killeen¹^,3^,5

¹Durham University, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, South Road, Durham DH13LE, UK

²Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, United Republic of Tanzania

³Swiss Tropical Institute, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland

⁴University of Freiburg, Department of Physical Geography, Freiburg, Germany

⁵Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Coordination Office, PO Box 78373, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

⁶Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

⁷Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 54840, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa

⁸Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544, USA

⁹Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Population and International Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA

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Malaria Journal 2008, 7:20doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-20


Published:	25 January 2008

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Participatory mapping guidelines and TCU mapping and description forms. The document presents the standard operating procedures and data collection forms used for habitat mapping in the UMCP, Dar es Salaam.

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Larval surveillance guidelines and standard operating procedure for open habitats. The document presents the standard operating procedures developed for weekly mosquito larval surveillance.

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Posters describing categories for open habitats. The file shows a poster developed for training ward based staff on identification of open, sun exposed mosquito breeding sites.

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Posters describing categories for closed habitats. The file shows a poster developed for training ward based staff on identification of closed mosquito breeding sites.

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Larval surveillance forms for open and closed habitats. The document presents all data collection sheets used by ward and city based staff for mosquito larval surveys.

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Training presentation for larval surveillance. The document shows a training presentation for ward based staff on how to recognize mosquito larval habitats and how to characterise them according to the standard operating procedures.

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Guidelines for larvicide application. The document presents information on microbial larvicides, calibration and the standard operating procedures developed for weekly larvicide application.

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Training presentation for larvicide application. The document shows a training presentation for ward and city based staff on how to apply microbial larvicides.

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Ward-level weekly summary form for larval surveillance data and form checklist for collation in pre-labelled folders and evaluation by municipal management. The document shows the data collection form used to prepare a weekly summary of the number of aquatic habitats and their colonisation with mosquito larvae.

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