New Approaches Needed to Combat New Mosquito in African Cities
The rise of an invasive mosquito species is forcing experts to rethink how human behavior and community trust shape disease control.
The rise of an invasive mosquito species is forcing experts to rethink how human behavior and community trust shape disease control.
“Anopheles stephensi is a threat to the successes we have made to control and, in some places, eliminate malaria,” says CCP’s April Monroe.

Social and behavior change experts are already strategizing about how to communicate the vaccine’s benefits caregivers and health workers.

The meetings, one led by CCP, will bring together social and behavior change practitioners from across the continent to learn from one another.

Across Africa, women are more likely to be tested and treated for HIV and are more likely to stay on treatment than men. Men tend to avoid testing and when they do access care, it is often at a later stage of infection. We see
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