AnoSTEP-Afrika is a collaborative, multicountry, multi-disciplinary project focused on understanding the distribution, behavior, and impact of Anopheles stephensi, a growing threat to malaria control in Africa. This project, conducted in collaboration with four African institutes and other partners aims to understand the contribution of An. stephensi to malaria transmission relative to native malaria vectors across a range of ecological zones spanning rural, peri-urban, and urban epidemiological settings in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria, to pinpoint factors driving invasion.
As the coordinating lead, the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) hosted a Project Kick-Off Meeting in February 2025 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, bringing together all country partners in person, with colleagues from Lancaster and Sanger joining virtually.
Training on the platfrom VBDs 360 was done for the Kenya team. VBDs360 is an entomological surveillance used for the collection, analysis and storage of vector data..
Larvae collection is being done at the specified sentinel sites in Kenya. Collection was done in Turkana County.
To assess the bionomics and relative contribution of An. stephensi to malaria transmission compared to native malaria vectors across different ecological and epidemiological zones in rural and urban settings.
Characterize the biting and resting behavior of An. stephensi mosquitoes compared to sympatric Anopheles populations.
Learn MoreThe AnoSTEP Afrika project seeks to evaluate the role of Anopheles stephensi in malaria transmission across diverse ecological and epidemiological settings in Africa, especially in urban and peri-urban areas.
Project activities are done in form of work packages. There is currently 5 work packages as outlined below :
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