Malaria
Conditions
Interventions
No intervention
House modification and improvement
Sponsors
Centro de Saude 25 de Setembro
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For the houses: (1) a residential building made with mud blocks or wattle-and-daub walls with at least one permanent resident aged 18 years or older and (2) informed consent signed by at least one adult participant For the participants: (1) Living in the study area during the time of intervention and not changing residence by April 2026; (2) Not having plan to leave temporary the dwelling unit for more than a month and (3) A signed informed consent form (if the person is under 18 years old, the consent should be provided by parents or legal guarantors).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For the house: (1) a residential building with improved structures such as screened windows, and blocked eaves. For the participants: (1) Severe illness or severe chronic illness and (2) pregnancy at the time of baseline surveillance.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of malaria-infected participants using microscope | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of malaria-infected participants using RDT;Plasmodium spp. diversity in human blood by microscope;Sporozoite infection and plasmodium spp. diversity in anopheles mosquitoes by microscopy;Mosquito diversity by morphological identification to species level;Anopheles’ mosquito species density;Indoor temperature;Indoor Carbon Dioxide concentration;Indoor Relative Humidity;Percentage of participants accepting the modified houses;Anemia prevalence and its severity ;Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase profile | — |
Countries
Mozambique
Contacts
Public ContactLaize Beca
Lecturer
Outcome results
None listed