Research & Initiatives

Qualitative studies - Led by the University of Ibadan 

• Mul​tistakeholder dialogues will be held  to understand how best to classify settlements as formal settlements, informal settlements and slums

• Focus group discussions and Key Informant interviews are being organized to inform the design of questionnaires in the qualitative study 

• Cognitive pretesting of survey questions will support improvement of existing survey questions

Entomologic studies - Led by Osun State University 

• We are conducting dry season entomologic studies to understand whether malaria is being locally transmitted in the study locations.​

• Using the CDC light trap, we will assess indoor and outdoor transmission of malaria 

• Pyrethrum spray catches will further help identify whether indoor transmission is  occurring through analyses of dead mosquitoes caught within study households 

• We will conduct larval sampling at potential mosquito breeding sites to understand the different mosquito breeding sites and rear these larvae to adults to identify circulating mosquito species

Epidemiologic studies - Led by the University of Ibadan 

• We are conducting dry season and wet season household level and health facility level cross-sectional studies to estimate malaria prevalence and determine related factors among all-ages and children under the age of five years ​

• We are conducting 1-year longitudinal studies to understand malaria seasonality and related factors among children under the age of 10 years

Mathematical modeling studies - Led by Loyola University Chicago 

• We are developing a mathematical modeling framework to understand the impact of various intervention strategies for malaria control and elimination in urban areas​