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Belize Response Initiative for Cold Chain (BRICC)

In January 2021, Carrier Foundation funded a collaborative initiative between Eck Institute for Global Health (EIGH), the Pulte Institute for Global Development, the Belize Vector Ecology Center (BVEC), and the Belize Ministry of Health and Wellness aimed at strengthening national cold chain systems by identifying and addressing structural and logistical deficiencies in how biological samples are currently stored and transported between local clinics, regional hospitals, and the only laboratory diagnostics center in the country. The project has three phases:

  • Phase 1: evaluation of current conditions and procedures used to deliver medical specimens to the existing cold chain process.
  • Phase 2: design a pilot implementation strategy that will address areas for improvement in the existing cold chain protocol.
  • Phase 3: develop a field-validated pilot solution for a medical cold chain

To learn more about the BRICC project, click here for a breakdown of the BRICC project and the importance of maintaining a proper medical cold chain.

Verily - Male Aedes Sound Trap (MAST) Study

A multi-country study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of using sound traps to lure adult male Aedes mosquitos to break the mating cycle in order to lower the mosquito population numbers and thus decrease the prevalence of diseases such as Dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya.  The sound traps emit a frequency corresponding to a female wing beat and were compared to the effectiveness of BG-Sentinel Traps. 

Link for the full publication here. Outcomes from international field trials with Male Aedes Sound Traps

University of North Dakota - Endectocide use in livestock as a tool to help eliminate malaria in Central America

Undakota

Malaria is a major health problem throughout the tropical world and is transmitted by a variety of Anopheles mosquitoes. Core vector control interventions consist of indoor residual spraying of insecticides and longlasting insecticidal nets. These are logical strategies in areas where the primary vector species feed at night on people sleeping in their houses and where mosquitoes rest inside the house after blood-feeding. But in Central America, much of the malaria transmission is due to malaria vectors that are exophagic (i.e., prefer to bite outdoors), exophilic (i.e., prefer to remain outdoors), and zoophaghic (i.e., as likely to feed on non-humans as humans). To control mosquitoes with these behavioral characteristics requires a different approach.

Link for the full publication here: Endectocide use in livestock as a tool to help eliminate malaria in Central America