Deployed Warfighter Protection (Army)
Abstract
For the Armed Forces Pest Management Board (AFPMB), the Deployed Warfighter Protection project plans to develop new or improved protection for ground forces from disease-carrying insects. The focus of this program is to develop new or improved systems for controlling insects that transmit malaria, dengue, chikungunya and other emerging infectious diseases under austere, remote, and combat conditions; understand the physiology of insecticidal activity to develop new compounds with greater specific activity and/or higher user acceptability; examine existing area repellents for efficacy and develop new spatially effective repellent systems useful in military situations; develop new methods or formulations for treating cloth to prevent vector biting; and expand the number of active ingredients and formulations of public health pest pesticides, products and application technologies available for safe, and effective applications. The AFPMB partners with the President’s Malaria Initiative and the World Health Organization Global Malaria Program to lead development of new tools for insect-borne disease prevention.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 830A_0603115DHA_2_0130_PB_2020
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