Implementation and Evaluation of Vector Control Methods in Kinshasa: The Case of Aedes

This intervention will be performed by the local community, who will have been previously informed and trained on the appropriate environmental management methods for the control of the Aedes mosquito. It will be based on the following elements: i) identification and removal of all artificial sources of reproduction of the Aedes mosquito inside and around the house (i.e. covering abandoned containers and/or storage containers to avoid water accumulation); ii) regular collection and disposal of household waste; iii) identification and resolution of all artificial sources of reproduction of the Aedes vector in or around the house (i.e. natural cavities such as tree holes will be filled to prevent water accumulation). This intervention will be carried out as a single intervention in Arm 1, in combination with a larvicidal intervention in Arm 2 and in combination with the intervention against the adult stage of the Aedes mosquito in Arm 3.

Larvicidal control will be carried out through pyriproxifen-based autodissemination stations combined with Beauveria bassiana, implemented according to the manufacturer's recommended procedures.

The control of the adult Aedes mosquitoes will be carried out through mass trapping using BG-GAT traps implemented according to the manufacturer's recommended procedures. In each household, three traps will be deployed.