Project Title: Into the Wild: New Models for Community Engagement with Mosquito
Project Description: This project seek to develop new models for robust community engagement with the novel vector control interventions, grounded in systematic social scientific research and extensive input from stakeholders. The project will combine research into past experiences of insect releases, international guideline development via the Pan-Africa Mosquito Control Association, and a proof of principle stakeholder engagement process in Tanzania. This project will bring together social scientists, public health practitioners, entomologists and vector biologists this project seeks... This project seek to develop new models for robust community engagement with the novel vector control interventions, grounded in systematic social scientific research and extensive input from stakeholders. The project will combine research into past experiences of insect releases, international guideline development via the Pan-Africa Mosquito Control Association, and a proof of principle stakeholder engagement process in Tanzania. This project will bring together social scientists, public health practitioners, entomologists and vector biologists this project seeks to formulate and test a set of principles for effective community engagement with novel vector control interventions, specifically those that involve the release of laboratory altered insects.
Principal Investigator : Fredros Okumu
Department Name : EHES
Time frame: (2018-01-01) - (2020-12-31)
The University Court of the University of Glasgow (UoG) (Prime)
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