Table 1 Integrated Vector Management (IVM) implementation phases

Introduction

Designation of national focal point

To spearhead IVM

October 2004

Training of national focal point

To develop the National Action Plan

November 2004

National steering committee constituted

To review and adopt WHO guidelines for VCNA

February 2005

Vector Control Needs Assessment

To determine gaps in policies, legislation and capacity

May 2005

National Stakeholders Consensus Workshop

To adopt VCNA report and endorse IVM as national strategy

June 2005

Draft country specific IVM guidelines produced

To adapt strategies to local conditions

2005

Capacity building workshops on IVM conducted

To train provincial and district personnel

2005

National Entomology laboratory upgraded

To enhance evidence-based decision-making

2005

Five district selected to conduct epidemiological assessments and develop district action plan

To operationalize IVM (IRS, ITNs, Larviciding and E. management).

2005

Consolidation

Quarterly national IVM committee meetings conducted

To ascertain functionality of IVM structures

Every quarter

Yearly review of the national action plan

To incorporate and address policy and regulatory issues

Yearly

Conduct trainers of trainers workshops

To strengthen capacity for vector control

Yearly

Expansion

IVM training workshop conducted

To scale up interventions to 19 districts

November 2006