Integrated Vector Management
Vector control is implemented through the framework of Integrated Vector Management (IVM), which is defined as “a rational decision-making process for the optimal use of resources for vector control” that includes the following key elements:
- advocacy, social mobilization, and legislation
- cross-sector collaboration
- integrating methods
- evidence-based decision making
- capacity building
USAID has been the key partner working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop the global strategy for IVM and its implementation through the Integrated Vector Management Project, a successor to the earlier Environmental Health Project. In addition to the global strategy development, the IVM Project supports capacity building for vector control specialists and for a number of operational research and early implementation activities in specific ecological situations, such as larval source reductions in periurban areas, where it can contribute to an overall vector management program. Through other projects, USAID and the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) provide significant direct support for the procurement, implementation, management, and evaluation of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying.
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