Keywords: South Africa

From song to stories: assessing the impact of exposure to arts-based community engagement tools in shaping knowledge, attitudes, and acceptability toward the Sterile Insect Technique for malaria control in South Africa

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Manana, P.N., Jewett, S. & Munhenga, G.,  Malaria Journal,  24. 2026.
Community engagement (CE) is essential for public health interventions. This is particularly important when introducing novel technologies, such as the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), that require strong community understanding and acceptance. Against this background, arts-based ...

Advances in Sterile Insect Technique Driven by Sugarcane Pest Management in South Africa

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Lawrence N. Malinga, Ph.D., and Samara Singh,  Entomology Today,  2025.
Eldana saccharina, also known as the African sugarcane stalk borer, is an insect pest indigenous to Africa that targets gramineous crops such as sugarcane, maize (corn), sorghum, and millet in several countries, including Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and ...

Life-history traits of a fluorescent Anopheles arabiensis genetic sexing strain introgressed into South African genomic background

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Nonhlanhla L. Ntoyi, Thabo Mashatola, Jérémy Bouyer, Carina Kraupa, Hamidou Maiga, Wadaka Mamai, Nanwintoum, Bimbile‑Somda, Thomas Wallner, Danilo O. Carvalho, Givemore Munhenga and Hanano Yamada,  Malaria Journal,  21. 2025.
South Africa has set a mandate to eliminate local malaria transmission by 2023. In pursuit of this objective a Sterile Insect Technique programme targeting the main vector Anopheles arabiensis is currently under development. Significant progress has been made towards ...