A malaria vector control practice in which a residual insecticide is applied to the internal walls and ceilings of housing structures where malaria-carrying mosquitoes rest. The World Health Organization names it as one of the two core vector control interventions alongside insecticide-treated nets, and currently recommends deploying one or the other in most areas at risk of malaria. Mosquitoes contact the insecticide when they rest on treated surfaces, so the practice can rapidly reduce malaria transmission. Residual insecticides date from the development of DDT in the early 1940s, and spraying campaigns formed the backbone of the WHO Global Malaria Eradication Programme of 1955 to 1969.
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Practice ClassPreventive or Public Health Practice 1 Practice ClassPublic health, vector control 1 Connections
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Source World Health Organization Official Site
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1. World Health Organization Official Site
World Health OrganizationPublication page: Indoor residual spraying operational manual
Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is a core vector control intervention that can rapidly reduce malaria transmission. It involves the application of a residual insecticide to internal walls and ceilings of housing structures where malaria vectors may come into contact with the insecticide.
Fact sheet: Malaria, Vector control section
The 2 core interventions are insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS).
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A malaria vector control practice in which a residual insecticide is applied to the internal walls and ceilings of housing structures where malaria-carrying mosquitoes rest.
In Branch: Public Health, Global Malaria Programme, vector control page
WHO currently recommends deployment of either insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) or indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria vector control in most areas at risk of malaria.
- Associated With: Insecticide Treated Nets, Fact sheet: Malaria, core interventions
View the Source Some Lessons for the Future from the Global Malaria Eradication Programme
PLOS MedicineGMEP interventions sectionQuote, GMEP interventions section
GMEP interventions consisted basically of indoor residual spraying with DDT or other approved insecticides.
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