From June 17 to 25, at the invitation of the GIDTPiaget Tropical Disease Research Group, Dr. Fabrício Martins, a researcher from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, visited to initiate the activities of the MELTrap Project; Field Pilot Study of MELT (Mosquito Eco-friendly Light Trap): a cost-effective and compact entomological surveillance tool for vector-borne disease control programs.

The project is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) – Tropical Infection Diseases Consortium (TIDC) – Impact Accelerator Account (IAA), and has a duration of one year. Nationally, the project is led by UniPiaget, under the coordination of GIDTPiaget.

During the stay of the principal investigator of the study and creator of the new tool for controlling disease-transmitting mosquitoes, MELTrap, the field pilot study was initiated to test the traps, complemented with visits to national partners, INSP, and participation in the risk communication campaign for dengue launched by the Ministry of Health.