Feasibility/compliance trials for off-grid active spatial mosquito repellent/insecticide system recharged by low-cost solar home system

由低成本太阳能家用系统充电的离网主动空间驱蚊/杀虫系统的可行性/合规性试验

• 批准号: 10020823
• 金额: $ 2.67万
• 依托单位: AFRICA POWER LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10020823
• 关键词: Feasibility; compliance; trials; off; grid

Nearly half the world's population lives in areas at risk of M**alaria** transmission in 87 countries and territories. Malaria remains the biggest killer in Africa, especially for under 5's. Pregnant mothers are 3 x more susceptible to Malaria. Low level infections create morbidity with major loss of working days; lower productivity; significantly reducing GDP growth. Poor families may be tipped back into extreme poverty if the bread-winner have long absences from work. In many countries, the fight against Malaria went backwards during Covid as result of disruption to healthcare, inability to travel to get medicines, lesser spraying etc.Prevention opportunities in rural districts are limited by the absence of rural electricity. The grid reaches less than 20% of rural customers in many countries and solar solutions cannot be afforded by all. Rural families must rely on only passive treatments such as insecticide treated bed-nets. But these provide no protection between dusk and bed-time when mosquitoes are particularly active. This project seeks to determine the feasibility and likely compliance with an active spatial mosquito repellent system, capable of being solar charged. Low power-demand will allow it to be used in any solar home systems or even with solar lanterns. Low cost make it affordable by poor families by major donors, charities and Health authorities to get universal coverage. The feasibility of designing a very low-cost minimal Solar system to provide the energy necessities (clean bright light, cell phone charging and recharging the mosquito repellent/insecticide) will be investigated in collaborations with partners; NGO's and potential end-user groups. It is essential that we investigate the feasibility of setting up low-cost widely available distribution network for the refills and that these are provided at low cost (preferably without subsidy except for those in extremis to free up healthcare budgets to tackle other key health targets, including any on-going health issues from Covid).

世界上近一半的人口生活在87个国家和地区的疟疾高危地区。疟疾仍然是非洲的头号杀手，特别是对5英尺高的S来说。怀孕的母亲感染疟疾的几率是普通人的3倍。低水平的感染会造成发病率，主要损失工作日；生产率降低；显著降低国内生产总值增长。如果养家糊口的人长期缺勤，贫困家庭可能会重新陷入极端贫困。在许多国家，由于医疗保健中断、无法出行获取药物、喷药较少等原因，在严寒期间防治疟疾的斗争出现倒退。农村地区的预防机会因缺乏农村电力而受到限制。在许多国家，电网覆盖的农村客户不到20%，太阳能解决方案不是所有人都能负担得起的。农村家庭只能依靠被动治疗，如杀虫剂处理过的蚊帐。但在蚊子特别活跃的黄昏和就寝时间之间，这些措施并不能提供保护。该项目试图确定一种能够被太阳能充电的主动空间驱蚊系统的可行性和可能的合规性。低电力需求将使其能够用于任何太阳能家庭系统，甚至与太阳能灯笼一起使用。低成本使贫困家庭能够通过主要捐赠者、慈善机构和卫生当局负担得起全民覆盖。将与合作伙伴、非政府组织和潜在的最终用户团体合作，研究设计一个成本极低的最小太阳能系统以提供能源必需品(清洁强光、手机充电和为蚊子/杀虫剂充电)的可行性。至关重要的是，我们必须研究为补充剂建立低成本、广泛可用的分销网络的可行性，并以低成本提供这些补充剂(最好是没有补贴，除非是那些处于危急关头的人，以腾出医疗预算来解决其他关键的健康目标，包括Covid正在进行的任何健康问题)。