Pest Species

Anopheles stephensi
Human malaria mosquito

Djibouti

Djibouti Region

Control Measure

Synopsis

  • 2012 Anopheles stephensi, a non-native urban malaria vector found primarily in India, was found in Djibouti.
  • 2023 Anopheles stephensi has continued to invade Africa and has been confirmed or suspected in 11 countries
  • 2022 Oxitec (a company with GM mosquito control technology), Association Mutualis, and the Djibouti National Malaria Control Programme (PNLP) announced the launch of a partnership, formed in response to a request from the Government of Djibouti, to explore how Oxitec’s Friendly™ solutions can deliver impact in communities threatened by vector-borne diseases.
  • Oxitec’s Friendly™ Anopheles stephensi, currently in development,

Learn More

Why RIDL is not SIT

W. C. Black, L. Alphey and A. A. James,  Trends in Parasitology,  27:362-370. 2011.
History teaches that sterile insect technique (SIT) is a feasible strategy for mosquito population suppression. Female killing (FK) technologies developed later theoretically had greater potential than SIT, but depended upon chromosomal translocations. Unfortunately these were ...

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