ATSB Research
Research exploring innovative approaches to malaria vector control and elimination in Zambia
Contact UsAdvancing Malaria Vector Control
The ATSB project investigates innovative approaches to controlling malaria-transmitting mosquitoes and supporting malaria elimination efforts in Zambia.
Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSBs) are designed to attract mosquitoes to a sugar-based bait containing an insecticide. The approach targets mosquitoes when they seek sugar sources in the environment.
Research at Macha Research Trust provides an opportunity to evaluate vector-control approaches under rural Zambian conditions and to generate evidence that can inform future malaria control strategies.
Research Objective
To investigate the potential of attractive targeted sugar bait approaches as an additional tool for malaria vector control.
Vector Control
The research contributes to the development and evaluation of innovative interventions targeting malaria mosquitoes.
Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits
ATSBs use mosquito feeding behaviour as a way of delivering an insecticidal intervention.
Attract
A sugar-based bait is designed to attract mosquitoes searching for sugar sources.
Target
Mosquitoes interact with the targeted bait during their normal feeding behaviour.
Control
The insecticidal component is intended to reduce mosquito survival and contribute to vector population control.
Key Research Areas
ATSB research can contribute to understanding how targeted mosquito-control approaches may complement existing malaria interventions.
Malaria Vectors
Research into mosquito species responsible for malaria transmission and their behaviour within the local environment.
Vector Behaviour
Understanding mosquito feeding and ecological behaviour can help identify opportunities for targeted vector-control interventions.
Intervention Evaluation
Field-based research helps assess the performance and potential usefulness of innovative vector-control approaches.
Environmental Factors
Research considers environmental conditions that influence mosquito populations and transmission.
Field Research
Studies conducted in rural Zambia provide evidence under real-world environmental and epidemiological conditions.
Malaria Elimination
Findings can contribute to the wider evidence base supporting malaria control and elimination strategies.
Research in Rural Zambia
Macha Research Trust provides an established platform for field-based malaria and vector research in Southern Zambia.
Research teams can combine entomological expertise, environmental surveillance and field data to investigate malaria transmission and evaluate new approaches to vector control.
Explore Our InfrastructureIntegrated Vector Research
ATSB research can be considered alongside other malaria vector surveillance and control activities conducted at Macha Research Trust.
- Entomological surveillance
- Vector behaviour research
- Environmental surveillance
- Malaria transmission research
Supporting New Approaches to Vector Control
Innovative vector-control tools are important as malaria control programmes seek additional ways to reduce mosquito populations and malaria transmission.
Research conducted through projects such as ATSB contributes to understanding the feasibility and potential role of new interventions within integrated malaria-control strategies.
Collaborative Malaria Research
Macha Research Trust works with academic, scientific and public health partners to conduct research addressing important malaria and vector-control questions.
Collaboration strengthens scientific capacity and supports the translation of research findings into evidence that can inform malaria-control programmes.
Macha Research Trust
Field-based research, entomology and scientific implementation.
Research & Public Health Partners
Collaborative expertise supporting malaria research, analysis and dissemination.
Ethical and Responsible Research
Research involving human participants, communities or biological information is conducted under appropriate ethical and regulatory oversight.
Research Ethics & GovernanceResearch Publications
Findings from malaria and vector-control research contribute to the scientific literature and help strengthen the evidence base for malaria-control strategies.
Interested in Malaria Vector Research?
We welcome opportunities for scientific collaboration, research partnerships and knowledge exchange.
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