iiTECH Case Study: IRS Sensor for Quality Assurance in Africa

iiCON’s Infection Innovation Technology Laboratory: iiTECH’s collaboration with LJMU, IFAKARA Health Institute-Tanzania and AgaMal – Ghana represents a continuation of previous research conducted in India and Nepal and is funded by the Gates Foundation.

Its objective is to broaden the scope of the technology to facilitate the monitoring of various insecticides currently employed in Africa.

Notably, the insecticide formulations utilised across Africa exhibit a greater degree of diversity compared to those in use in India and Nepal, encompassing five distinct classes of insecticides in multiple formulations.

Extensive field data collection endeavours were undertaken in Tanzania and Ghana for Actellic, Sylando, and Vectron insecticides. The acquired data is assigned for the development of novel prediction models aimed at ensuring the quality of selected insecticides.

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