Anti-Malaria Drones | SDG Nederland

Anti-Malaria Drones

Saving Lives

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A novel approach

Over the past fifteen years, the fight against malaria improved dramatically. Insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor residual spraying resulted in an enormous reduction of the number of children dying of the disease. Unfortunately, it is not enough.
 
To further reduce the impact of malaria we need more. Tools that can be implemented outdoors, at the source of the problem – stagnant, sunlit water. The cradle of mosquitoes. If we stop them there, at the source, we may stop them for good.
 
Using drones, we will tackle the mosquito and malaria problem right at the source, starting with large-scale irrigated rice schemes. And use an environmentally sound biological control agent  that can be applied in collaboration with the local (rice farming) community. So that they will suffer less from malaria and have more time to work the fields and thus generate bigger harvests.
Less malaria, more food. Simple and novel.

 

The project
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Coming fall, in western Kenya, we will fly with drones that spray biological insecticides in rice fields. We aim to demonstrate that the emerging mosquito population can be significantly reduced in this way. We will sample the larval and emerging mosquito population before, during and after spraying to determine the possible impact of this approach in (large) rice irrigation schemes that are found throughout Africa.
 
After the trial, we intend to publish the findings in a scientific journal and also disseminate the results through social media channels.

Join us. Your support will contribute to a breakthrough in malaria control! 

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