Table 1.

Integrated Vector Management (IVM) implementation phases

Phase	Activities	Purpose	Time
Introduction	Designation of national focal point	To spearhead IVM	October 2004
	Training of national focal point	To develop the National Action Plan	November 2004
	National steering committee constituted	To review and adopt WHO guidelines for VCNA	February 2005
	Vector Control Needs Assessment	To determine gaps in policies, legislation and capacity	May 2005
	National Stakeholders Consensus Workshop	To adopt VCNA report and endorse IVM as national strategy	June 2005
	Draft country specific IVM guidelines produced	To adapt strategies to local conditions	2005
	Capacity building workshops on IVM conducted	To train provincial and district personnel	2005
	National Entomology laboratory upgraded	To enhance evidence-based decision-making	2005
	Five district selected to conduct epidemiological assessments and develop district action plan	To operationalize IVM (IRS, ITNs, Larviciding and E. management).	2005
Consolidation	Quarterly national IVM committee meetings conducted	To ascertain functionality of IVM structures	Every quarter
	Yearly review of the national action plan	To incorporate and address policy and regulatory issues	Yearly
	Conduct trainers of trainers workshops	To strengthen capacity for vector control	Yearly
Expansion	IVM training workshop conducted	To scale up interventions to 19 districts	November 2006