Modeling the interplay between mosquito behavioral adaptation, human behavior, social economic factors and Malaria control

We present a study of the interplay between mosquito behavioral adaptation, bed-nets efficacy decay and coverage, human behavior, and malaria to control strategies. The development of insecticide resistance to the common insecticides in increasing in intensity threatening the gains made from bed-nets use. Human behavior, whether intentional or not, is either health-promoting and disease-preventing and plays a part in the success or failure of malaria control. Malaria can be described as a disease of poverty, as more than 50% of its resulting deaths occur among 20% of the world’s poorest population.The poor become sick and loose income and lives resulting to more poverty and hence more disease.

Malaria is one such disease, causing cycles of sickness and poverty. Using deterministic models, we formulate models to explore how each of these factors individually affect current malaria control. A combination of these factors would give an insight into the best strategy for optimum benefits to control and eliminate malaria.