(READ MORE )DOES EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDE IN FARMLANDS BOOST MOSQUITO POPULATIONS
Globally, mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) make for about 17% of the total burden of infectious diseases. Africa, especially its sub-Saharan countries, continues to be a global hotspot in this regard, with the risk of MBDs set to increase in the continent as climate change expands mosquito habitats. It is against this context that FoSTA-Health is setting up field experiments, which will help improve our understanding of land-use as a contributing factor to incidence of mosquitoes.