ANTI-MALARIA DRONES
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About the project

In October, on Zanzibar in Tanzania, we conducted a pilot with drones that sprayed biological insecticides in rice fields. We aim to demonstrate that the emerging mosquito population can be significantly reduced in this way. We sample the larval and emerging mosquito population before, during and after spraying to determine the possible impact of this approach in (large) rice irrigation schemes that are found throughout Africa. 
After the trial, we intend to publish the findings in a scientific journal and also disseminate the results through social media channels.

Our team

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Guido Welter​​
Management consultant, entrepeneur
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Bart Knols
K&S Consulting, Dutch Malaria Foundation
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Richard Mukabana 
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University of Nairobi, Science for Health


​AMD partners

DJI
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DJI is famous in Europe for its consumer drones like the Phantom, Inspire, Mavic or Spark, but has become a market leader with its Agras MG-1 and recently introduced Agras MG-1S, which are state of the art drones that will be used in this project. en de recent geïntroduceerde de meest geavanceerde drone en managementsoftware.
Aquatain
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Aquatain developed, manufactures and distributes Total Impact, which is a biological insecticide consisting of a monomolecular film and the biocontrol agent Bti. Aquatain’s products are used around the world for professional and consumer-based mosquito control.
Dutch Malaria Foundation
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The Dutch Malaria Foundation strives for a world without malaria. Its core activity is free (scientific) information provision through its online platform MalariaWorld (www.malariaworld.org), which currently has more than 9200 members in 140 countries around the world.
Tanzania Flying Labs
​Tanzania Flying Labs ​facilitates drones/robotics training courses and trials innovative SDG-related use-cases for the same.
Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Program
ZAMEP is responsible for the development, implementation monitoring and evaluation of malaria control interventions and coordination of stakeholders at of malaria elimination interventions at all levels of the health care delivery system. In pursuing this function the program is coordinating with various stakeholders and receives financial and technical support from many partners
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