Hamayun Rashid Rathor, Soaib Ali Hassan, Hazrat Bilal, Imtinan Akram Khan.
Progress towards millennium development goals: strategic planning for malaria vector control in Pakistan.
Pak J Public Health Jan ;2(4):36-40.

Introduction: Identification and establishment of status of insecticide susceptibility and resistance in malaria vector anophelines mosquitoes species, is essential for the development of malaria prevention strategy. This will ensure reduction in poverty mortality and morbidity especially in women and children. This will help in achieving the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th MDGs. Methods: Taxonomic and susceptibility study of genus Anopheles was carried out during the year 2010 and 2011 from Islamabad. Methods:Extensive surveys were conducted to explore the fauna of mosquito in selected areas. Species were identified by using standard taxonomic keys. Results: The findings found that primary vector of malaria in Pakistan which is Anopheles culicifacies and An. stephensi were most widely distributed in Islamabad. A total of twelve species were recorded during the study period. Susceptibility test were conducted on primary and suspected malaria vectors in Pakistan by using WHO recommended susceptibility/resistance test kit and following the guidelines of WHO. Insecticide impregnated papers with diagnostic dose of DDT (4%), Deltamethrin (0.05%) Lambdacyhalothrin (0.05%), Malathion (5%) and Bendiocarb (0.1%) were used. Results showed that primary and suspected malaria vectors were susceptible to Deltamethrin and Lambdacyhalothrin while resistance to DDT and assorted results were shown against Malathion and Bendiocarb. Conclusion: These results may add to the policy making that pyrethroids group is still effective and can be used for the control of anopheles species in Islamabad; however, there is need to implement strategic planning to delay the process of resistance development in these localities and prolong the effective used of pyrethroids.

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