Chikungunya fever struck the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in July 2006. The authors did a prospective observational feasibility study in one peri-urban locality (Brookshabad) to assess the Aedes spp. infestation and subsequently test the efficacy of a community-based approach to control Aedes aegypti.

The risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection is variable over space and time and this variability is related to environmental variability. Environmental factors affect the biological cycle of both vector and parasite. Despite this strong relationship, environmental effects have rarely been included in malaria transmission models.

Integrated Disease Vector Control (IDVC) project had
its beginning in Kheda district of Gujarat way back in 1983.
With the demonstrated success of malaria control using
environmental approaches in select villages of Nadiad
Taluka, the project jointly funded by the Indian Council of
Medical Research and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Malaria control in Africa is most tractable in urban settlements yet most research has focused on rural settings. Elimination of malaria transmission from urban areas may require larval control strategies that complement adult mosquito control using insecticide-treated nets or houses, particularly where vectors feed outdoors.

Decades ago, in the wake of increasing chemical pesticide-related deaths, researchers sought to reinvent commercially viable alternatives to conventional pesticides. By the 1970s, optimism was high that future pest control schemes would increasingly incorporate novel methods including the use of biocontrol agents.