Mosquitoes do not commonly breed in the main waterbody of dam reservoir - mainly because of presence of numerous larval predators and unpleasant water waves and water depth for larval survival. Instead, they commonly breed in transient shoreline puddles formed alongside the reservoir shores. associated with dams.
Our study only focuses on large dams so it is difficult to comment on small dams (or microdams). However, previous studies have documented how puddles associated with long shorelines of small dams create favourable conditions for mosquito breeding.
Why in Africa? A number of factors attribute to the general high burden of malaria in Africa. Among them, the major explanatory factors are climate (hot climate facilitate development of mosquitoes and malaria parasites), intensity of vector control measures (limited resources for malaria interventions), health coverage (limited availability of health facilities and diagnosis and treatment facilities) and other socio-economic factors (e.g, poverty, quality of housing, etc ).
Mosquitoes do not commonly breed in the main waterbody of dam reservoir - mainly because of presence of numerous larval predators and unpleasant water waves and water depth for larval survival. Instead, they commonly breed in transient shoreline puddles formed alongside the reservoir shores. associated with dams.
Our study only focuses on large dams so it is difficult to comment on small dams (or microdams). However, previous studies have documented how puddles associated with long shorelines of small dams create favourable conditions for mosquito breeding.
Why in Africa? A number of factors attribute to the general high burden of malaria in Africa. Among them, the major explanatory factors are climate (hot climate facilitate development of mosquitoes and malaria parasites), intensity of vector control measures (limited resources for malaria interventions), health coverage (limited availability of health facilities and diagnosis and treatment facilities) and other socio-economic factors (e.g, poverty, quality of housing, etc ).