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Table 3 Identified community-based interventions in the review

From: Addressing vulnerability, building resilience: community-based adaptation to vector-borne diseases in the context of global change

Intervention domain

Examples discussed in the realist review

Vector surveillance and risk mapping

• Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs)

• Community-based vector surveillance

• Community-based clinical case surveillance

Housing and the domestic environment

• Bednet distribution and promotion

• Larval source reduction campaign, and garbage collection

• Housing improvement

Modifying natural environments

• Cleaning drains

• Clearing vegetation from waterways

• Promoting changes in agricultural practices

Animal-based interventions

• Strengthening veterinary services

• Zooprophylaxis

• Insecticide-treated dog collars

• Animal movement restrictions

Water, sanitation and hygiene

• Latrine and sewage improvement

• Changes in water use and supply

• Hygiene health promotion

Chemical vector control

• Combined use of IRS with health promotion

• Community-directed larviciding

Access to biomedical interventions

• Village-level drug treatment systems

• Mass drug administration