Individual-level interventions

Individual-level interventions determine what will be distributed to individuals to reduce the spread of a disease. For example, distributing vaccines or drugs are individual-level interventions. Sometimes this can be an intermediate intervention that schedules another intervention.

The following individual-level interventions are available for use with the malaria simulation type.

Vector control

The following individual-level interventions are commonly used for vector control in malaria simulations.

Intervention Target life stage Target biting preference Target biting location Effect
HumanHostSeekingTrap feeding cycle human   killing
InsectKillingFenceHousingModification       killing
IRSHousingModification feeding cycle human indoor killing, blocking
Ivermectin feeding cycle human all killing
ScreeningHousingModification feeding cycle human indoor killing, blocking
SimpleBednet feeding cycle human indoor killing, blocking
SimpleIndividualRepellent feeding cycle human all blocking
SpatialRepellentHousingModification feeding cycle human indoor killing, blocking