Minimizing the malaria risk associated with irrigation

Possibilities of malaria (mitigation) in different irrigated environments.

Geographical focus:  Ghana (proposed for Burkina, Togo, Benin, Mali)

Projects: 

• Malaria and Urban Agriculture (EHP, Dutch Government, 1 staff PhD)
• Urban malaria in West Africa
• Malaria risk mapping in the Volta Basin (part of GLOWA-Volta)

References:

• Afrane, A.A., Klinkenberg, E. Drechsel, P., Owusu-Daaku, K., Garms, R. and Kruppa, T. 2004. Does irrigated urban agriculture influence the transmission of malaria in the city of Kumasi, Ghana? Acta Tropica 89(2), p. 125-134.

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