First Progress Presentation
First Progress Presentation
Dear Backers,
Dear Backers, Hope all of you are keeping well. This is just to let you know that due to the present COVID-19 situation in the country (Sri Lanka) field sand fly surveillance will be delayed. Howe...
Initiation of Mobile Vector Surveillance Unit (MVSU) & Vector surveillance Field surveys and selection of sandfly trapping locations were started at the Madawachchiya MOH area.
Initiation of Mobile Vector Surveillance Unit (MVSU) & Vector surveillanceField surveys and selection of sandfly trapping locations were started at the Madawachchiya MOH area.
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TDR Crowdfunding challenge project team initiated a research collaboration with Prof. Suneth Agampodi, Professor of Community Medicine, at the Department of Community Medicine, Prof. Kosala Weerakoon, and Prof. N.K. Anjana Silva from the Department ...
TDR Crowdfunding challenge project team initiated a research collaboration with Prof. Suneth Agampodi, Professor of Community Medicine, at the Department of Community Medicine, Prof. Kosala Weerako...
A site where fieldwork has been planned to carry out.
A site where fieldwork has been planned to carry out.
Sand fly preservation and identification:
Sandfly preservation and identification:Sand flies captured on the sticky paper traps will be removed using small fine brushes; washed in a detergent and water, and finally preserved in 70% ethanol...
Selection of sandfly trapping sites
Selection of sandfly trapping sitesFurther discussions were made with Regional Director of Health Services (RDHS) and Madawchchiya MOH staff regarding the acceleration of the sand fly vector survei...
Collection of Sandflies
We are happy to let you know that few field experiments were alreadystarted in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka where our project location is situated. Inthe first experiment, we compared numbers of sandfli...