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@article{Schmit:2025:10.1186/s12936-025-05251-7,
author = {Schmit, N and Topazian, H and Pianella, M and Charles, G and Winskill, P and Hancock, P and Sherrard-Smith, E and Hauck, K and Churcher, T and Ghani, A},
doi = {10.1186/s12936-025-05251-7},
journal = {Malaria Journal},
title = {Quantifying the potential value of entomological data collection for programmatic decision-making on malaria control in sub-Saharan African settings},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05251-7},
volume = {24},
year = {2025}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - Background:The availability of many tools for malaria control leads to complex decisions regarding the most cost-effective intervention package based on local epidemiology. Mosquito characteristics influence the impact of vector control, but entomological surveillance is often limited due to a lack of resources in national malaria programmes.Methods:This study quantified the monetary value of information provided by entomological data collection for programmatic decision-making using a mathematical model of Plasmodium falciparum transmission. The 3-year impact and cost of various intervention packages was simulated in different sub-Saharan African settings, including combinations of scaling-up insecticide-treated nets (ITN), switching to next-generation ITNs, and a treatment and prevention package. The DALYs averted and their net monetary benefit were compared at different cost-effectiveness thresholds and the value of resolving uncertainty in entomological model parameters was calculated.Results:Across transmission settings and at cost-effectiveness thresholds over US$170 per DALY averted, the most cost-effective intervention package was switching to and scaling up pyrethroid-pyrrole ITNs combined with the treatment and prevention package. The median expected value of perfect information on the entomological indicators was US$0.05 (range 0.02–0.23) and US$0.17 (range 0.09–1.43) per person at risk at thresholds of US$75 and US$1000 per DALY averted, respectively. This represented less than 2% of the net monetary benefit of implementing the most cost-effective intervention package. Value of information estimates at cost-effectiveness thresholds over US$250 were higher than current investments into entomological monitoring by the US President’s Malaria Initiative.Conclusions:These results suggest that entomological data collection should not delay implementation of interventions with demonstrated efficacy in most settings, but that sustained investme
AU - Schmit,N
AU - Topazian,H
AU - Pianella,M
AU - Charles,G
AU - Winskill,P
AU - Hancock,P
AU - Sherrard-Smith,E
AU - Hauck,K
AU - Churcher,T
AU - Ghani,A
DO - 10.1186/s12936-025-05251-7
PY - 2025///
SN - 1475-2875
TI - Quantifying the potential value of entomological data collection for programmatic decision-making on malaria control in sub-Saharan African settings
T2 - Malaria Journal
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05251-7
VL - 24
ER -