TY  - JOUR
T1  - Who Receives Mosquito Control, Who Remains Exposed, and Why? An Equity-Centred Model of Urban Vector-Service Allocation
A1  - Koffi Mensah
A1  - Hawa Ouedraogo
A1  - Ismael Diallo
A1  - Stefan Becker
JF  - Entomology and Applied Science Letters
JO  - Entomol Appl Sci Lett
SN  - 2349-2864
Y1  - 2026
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
DO  - 10.51847/8cn1fbkxxU
SP  - 88
EP  - 97
N2  - Urban mosquito control is commonly allocated through surveillance detections, complaints, historical service patterns, operational convenience, or administratively defined risk zones. These inputs are useful but can distribute protection unevenly when observation systems underrepresent particular places, neighbourhood conditions shape both mosquito ecology and residents’ capacity to avoid exposure, agencies possess unequal delivery capacity, and politically visible demands receive faster attention. This article develops a proposed, non-validated equity-centred model of urban vector-service allocation. It integrates urban mosquito exposure inequity, surveillance coverage and data visibility, housing and infrastructure mechanisms, neighbourhood vulnerability, institutional capacity, service allocation, community voice, procedural fairness, and allocation evaluation. The synthesis indicates that equitable allocation cannot be derived from a single socioeconomic proxy or mosquito indicator. Instead, expected harm must be disaggregated into mosquito hazard, human contact, susceptibility, capacity to avoid exposure, and access to effective protection, while the observation process that makes these conditions visible must be evaluated separately. The model therefore treats corrected burden evidence, structural vulnerability, delivery feasibility, and procedural control as distinct inputs to a transparent allocation decision, followed by verification of what was delivered, whether it changed entomological conditions, and how protection was distributed. The evidence remains context-dependent across species, pathogens, seasons, urban forms, surveillance methods, and governance systems; many relations are observational, proxy-based, or model-derived rather than causal. Progress consequently requires locally calibrated indicators, sentinel surveillance in under-visible areas, explicit reasons and appeal mechanisms, independent quality assurance, and evaluations that separate reported activity from effective and equitable protection.
UR  - https://easletters.com/article/who-receives-mosquito-control-who-remains-exposed-and-why-an-equity-centred-model-of-urban-vector-r1sqfudi92hgevi
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