Phase | Activities | Purpose | Time |
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Introduction | Designation of national focal point | To spearhead IVM | October 2004 |
Training of national focal point | To develop the National Action Plan | November 2004 | |
National steering committee constituted | To review and adopt WHO guidelines for VCNA | February 2005 | |
Vector Control Needs Assessment | To determine gaps in policies, legislation and capacity | May 2005 | |
National Stakeholders Consensus Workshop | To adopt VCNA report and endorse IVM as national strategy | June 2005 | |
Draft country specific IVM guidelines produced | To adapt strategies to local conditions | 2005 | |
Capacity building workshops on IVM conducted | To train provincial and district personnel | 2005 | |
National Entomology laboratory upgraded | To enhance evidence-based decision-making | 2005 | |
Five district selected to conduct epidemiological assessments and develop district action plan | To operationalize IVM (IRS, ITNs, Larviciding and E. management). | 2005 | |
Consolidation | Quarterly national IVM committee meetings conducted | To ascertain functionality of IVM structures | Every quarter |
Yearly review of the national action plan | To incorporate and address policy and regulatory issues | Yearly | |
Conduct trainers of trainers workshops | To strengthen capacity for vector control | Yearly | |
Expansion | IVM training workshop conducted | To scale up interventions to 19 districts | November 2006 |