Table 2 Key elements of an integrated vector management (IVM) strategy
No. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|
1 | Advocacy, social mobilization and legislation | Promotion and embedding of IVM principles in designing policies in all relevant agencies, organizations and civil society; establishment or strengthening of regulatory and legislative controls for public health; empowerment of communities |
2 | Collaboration within the health sector and with other sectors | Consideration of all options for collaboration within and between public and private sectors; application of the principles of subsidiarity in planning and decision-making; strengthening channels of communication among policy-makers, vector-borne disease programme managers and other IVM partners |
3 | Integrated approach | Ensure rational use of available resources by addressing several diseases, integrating non-chemical and chemical vector control methods and integrating with other disease control methods |
4 | Evidence-based decision-making | Adaptation of strategies and interventions to local ecology, epidemiology and resources, guided by operational research and subject to routine monitoring and evaluation |
5 | Capacity-building | Provision of the essential material infrastructure, financial resources and human resources at national and local level to manage IVM strategies on the basis of a situational analysis |