Johannes Sommerfeld

Taking innovative vector control interventions in urban Latin America to scale: lessons learnt from multi-country implementation research

Juliana Quintero, Tatiana García-Betancourt, C. Basso, Elsa García da Rosa et autres

Prior to the current public health emergency following the emergence of chikungunya and Zika Virus Disease in the Americas during 2014 and 2015, multi-country research investigated between 2011 and 2013 the efficacy of novel Aedes aegypti intervention packages through cluster randomised controlled …

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Scaling Up of an Innovative Intervention to Reduce Risk of Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika Transmission in Uruguay in the Framework of an Intersectoral Approach with and without Community Participation

C. Basso, Elsa García da Rosa, Rosario Lairihoy, Ruben M. Caffera et autres

habitats, was carried out in the city of Salto (Uruguay) based on a transdisciplinary analysis of the eco-bio-social determinants. The intervention in one-third of the city included the distributions of plastic bags for all households to collect all discarded water containers that …

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Improving Access to Quality Diagnostic Tools in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) Through Social Innovation-Lessons Learnt

Kanika Deshpande Koirala, Lindi van Niekerk, Patricia García, Rosanna Ŵ. Peeling et autres

Infectious disease research and the gender gap

Johannes Sommerfeld, Lenore Manderson, B. Ramírez, Jamie Guth et autres

Historically, women have been less likely to be supported through higher degree training programmes, and they continue to hold more junior positions in science. This paper reviews the current gender research and gender capacity-building efforts led by the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme …

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Social Dimensions of Infectious Diseases

Johannes Sommerfeld

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Research uptake on vector-borne diseases and climate change

Bernadette Ramirez, Johannes Sommerfeld, Florence Fouque, Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum et autres

Introduction. The African continent is particularly challenged by climate change. Climate change induces multiple threats to development and the social dimensions of climate change are therefore increasingly highlighted on the development agenda. This is of particular significance for drylands in sub-Saharan Africa, …

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The Potential for Community-Directed Interventions

William R. Brieger, Johannes Sommerfeld, Uche Amazigo

Community-directed interventions (CDIs) have the potential for fulfilling the promise of primary health care by reaching underserved populations in various settings. CDI has been successfully tested by expanding access to additional health services like malaria case management through local effort in communities …

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Climate change and vector-borne diseases: what are the implications for public health research and policy?

Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum, Lucien Manga, Magaran Monzon Bagayoko, Johannes Sommerfeld

Vector-borne diseases continue to contribute significantly to the global burden of disease, and cause epidemics that disrupt health security and cause wider socioeconomic impacts around the world. All are sensitive in different ways to weather and climate conditions, so that the ongoing …

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Innovative community-based vector control interventions for improved dengue and Chagas disease prevention in Latin America: introduction to the special issue

Johannes Sommerfeld, Axel Kroeger

Dengue fever and Chagas disease are important public health problems in Latin America. Dengue is a re-emerging viral disease, mainly transmitted by Aedes aegyptii mosquitoes, leading to an increasing number of outbreaks notably in urban areas of the continent.1,2 Chagas disease, a …

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Improved dengue fever prevention through innovative intervention methods in the city of Salto, Uruguay

C. Basso, Elsa García da Rosa, S Romero, Catalina González-Uribe et autres

BACKGROUND: Uruguay is located at the southern border of Aedes aegypti distribution on the South American sub-continent. The reported dengue cases in the country are all imported from surrounding countries. One of the cities at higher risk of local dengue transmission is …

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Long-lasting insecticide-treated house screens and targeted treatment of productive breeding-sites for dengue vector control in Acapulco, Mexico

Azael Che‐Mendoza, Guillermo Guillermo-May, Josué Herrera‐Bojórquez, Mario Barrera-Pérez et autres

BACKGROUND: Long-lasting insecticidal net screens (LLIS) fitted to domestic windows and doors in combination with targeted treatment (TT) of the most productive Aedes aegypti breeding sites were evaluated for their impact on dengue vector indices in a cluster-randomised trial in Mexico between …

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Entomological impact and social participation in dengue control: a cluster randomized trial in Fortaleza, Brazil

Andréa Caprara, José Wellington de Oliveira Lima, Ana Carolina Rocha Peixoto, Cyntia Monteiro Vasconcelos Motta et autres

BACKGROUND: This study intended to implement a novel intervention strategy, in Brazil, using an ecohealth approach and analyse its effectiveness and costs in reducing Aedes aegypti vector density as well as its acceptance, feasibility and sustainability. The intervention was conducted from 2012 …

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