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Environmental hygiene (eliminates vector’s nests, etc.)
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Efficacy > 50%
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Necessitates community-guided actions
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Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS)
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Efficacy 60%
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Harmful effects of residues, high cost, resistant strains of mosquitoes
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Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT)
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Efficacy 56%
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May enhance drug resistance, use restricted for pregnant women and children < 5 years
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Insecticide treated mosquito bed nets
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Efficacy 50%
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High cost, poor adherence of rural communities, harmful effects of residues, resistance
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Biological control
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No direct harmful effects on humans
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Cost, genetic risks
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