Development of a long-lasting insecticidal trapping bednet to control mosquitoes and manage resistance in malaria vector control: a new way of thinking

Insecticide resistance in mosquitoes reduces the effectiveness of malaria control interventions and is reversing the gains made in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality. Hence, new strategies are needed to mitigate the spread of resistance, preserve the efficacy of available insecticides, and restore the effectiveness of control. Our objective is to develop an insecticide-based mechanical solution that kills mosquitoes regardless of their insecticide resistance status, ultimately overcoming the problem of insecticide resistance. In the framework of this project, I will design and develop a long lasting insecticidal-treated mosquito trapping bednet for mass mosquito trapping and killing, the “LLI-TNet”. The LLIN-TNet will be developed in two versions: a stand-alone LLI-TNet, and a (ii) retrofit trap kit LLI-TNet, and field-evaluated in Africa against wild free flying high resistant malaria vector Anopheles gambiae population. Our goal is to develop a cheap strategy which can be widely used to overcome the problem of insecticide resistance.