ArticleMalaria journal2020
Measuring ventilation in different typologies of rural Gambian houses: a pilot experimental study.
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- Improved housing versus usual practice for additional protection against clinical malaria in The Gambia (RooPfs): a household-randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2021Trial
- Effectiveness and feasibility of residential passive heat adaptation interventions on reducing indoor temperature in low-income communities in Africa: a systematic review.Environmental research, health : ERH · 2026Review
- The effect of eave and window modifications on house entry behavior of Anopheles gambiae.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Community responses to a novel house design: A qualitative study of "Star Homes" in Mtwara, southeastern Tanzania.PloS one · 2025Article
- Spatial variation in housing construction material in low- and middle-income countries: A Bayesian spatial prediction model of a key infectious diseases risk factor and social determinant of health.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Innovative house structures for malaria vector control in Nampula district, Mozambique: assessing mosquito entry prevention, indoor comfort, and community acceptance.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Effect of passive and active ventilation on malaria mosquito house entry and human comfort: an experimental study in rural Gambia.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
- Community-based house improvement for malaria control in southern Malawi: Stakeholder perceptions, experiences, and acceptability.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Effects of indoor air movement and ambient temperature on mosquito (Anopheles gambiae) behaviour around bed nets: implications for malaria prevention initiatives.Malaria journal · 2021Article
- Effect of roof colour on indoor temperature and human comfort levels, with implications for malaria control: a pilot study using experimental houses in rural Gambia.Malaria journal · 2021Article
- Risk factors associated with house entry of malaria vectors in an area of Burkina Faso with high, persistent malaria transmission and high insecticide resistance.Malaria journal · 2021Article
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backgroundAfrican houses are frequently too hot and uncomfortable to use a bed net at night. Indoor thermal comfort is often evaluated by measuring temperature and humidity, ignoring ventilation. This study explored ways to measure ventilation in single-roomed rural Gambian houses during the malaria transmission season and evaluated building designs that could increase airflow at night and help keep the occupants comfortable.
methodsTwo identical mud-walled houses were constructed with a metal roof, three doors and closed eaves. Experiment 1 compared five methods for measuring ventilation in a building: (1) using a blower door, (2) increasing carbon dioxide (CO
resultsIn experiment 1, CO
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