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cord-325474-iikfjqz5	Guerra, Carlos A	Malaria vector control in sub-Saharan Africa in the time of COVID-19: no room for complacency	2020-09-16		.txt	text/plain	2320	130	50	Perhaps most importantly, the increasing demand for resources to curb COVID-19 and the curtailment of economic activities driven by the pandemic could lead to substantial reductions in government revenues, 3 undermining their ability to finance essential social services, including life-saving malaria vector control interventions. The scaling-up of vector control, chiefly insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), was the main driver for the significant reductions of malaria burden in SSA in the past two decades. ► In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the COVID-19 pandemic could cause major disruptions to the delivery of malaria vector control interventions. For instance, in Nigeria, the SSA country with the highest population at risk of malaria (>200 million people), only 11.1% of the 22.7 million nets in the Box 1 Strategies required for sustaining malaria vector control interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic ► Ensure that funding for malaria control activities remains in place considering increased demand of additional resources to carry out activities.	./cache/cord-325474-iikfjqz5.txt	./txt/cord-325474-iikfjqz5.txt