Our partners' and doctors' programs have proven effective against dengue, which is transmitted by the same mosquito (Aedes species).
The Zika Foundation doctors, mosquito experts, biological control experts, disaster responders and community health care workers have successfully controlled diseases transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes throughout Asia and Africa.
Dengue outbreaks, caused by the same mosquito as Zika, were controlled by the pilot Chronological Layered Urban Aedes Control (CLUAC), which systematically attacks all phases of the mosquito life cycle: oviposition (egg laying) sites, water-dwelling larvae, the adult mosquito, and the mosquito “havens” that protect Aedes mosquitoes from predators and chemical control. Each layer of the CLUAC attack is low cost and sustainable. When maintained over the rainy season, the attack reduces dengue transmission 61%-94% in densely populated villages in Asia.
The Zika Foundation is working with partners in Brazil, Columbia, Panama, the Center for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) to further reduce the cost of CLUAC - and similar programs - using social media, technology innovation hackathons, direct-funding initiatives, concise field metrics and accountability, and our boots-to-ground community-based mosquito monitors. Our resources are precision targeted at near-term solutions.