IVM

Question 1

key characteristics of IVM

Answer 1

1. imtegrated approach (several diseases + chemical/non-chemical methods)
2. evidence-based decision making
3. ISC
4. advocacy, social mobilization and legilsation (put into policies)
5. capacity building- availability of infrastructure, finacnical and human resources at central and local level. trainign programmes and career structures

Question 2

what is a situational analysis

Answer 2

• epi data
• vector data
• stratification
• local determinants of disease(think about pathogen, vecotr, human, animals, environment)
• look at broad level and local level for hotspots

Question 3

what is stratification

Answer 3

defining regions and their number of case incidences

Question 4

what is monitoring and evaluation?

Answer 4

• monitor programme performance continuously

- evaluate periodically whether activities have led to expected outcomes and impact (epi and ento data)

Question 5

what is vector surveillance?

Answer 5

• conducted continuously
• measure vector density and insecticide susceptibility
• set up data management systems to integrate all the data to allow for good decision making

Question 6

what is best type of trial to use?

Answer 6

individual or cluster RCT

Question 7

what is the best epi measurement to do

Answer 7

active case detection- visit participants and screen for disease

unlike passive where participants attend healthcare if sick