Expanding the Role of Women in Vector Control: Case Studies From Madagascar, Rwanda, and Zambia

Figures & Tables

TABLE 1.

Women Employed in Seasonal Vector Control in Madagascar, Rwanda, and Zambia, 2019–2021

Employee Category	Year	Madagascar, No. (%)	Rwanda, No. (%)	Zambia, No. (%)
All seasonal employees	2019	987 (35.0)	1,453 (39.5)	2,175 (24.0)
	2020	263 (21.2)	1,894 (28.5)	5,663 (41.9)
	2021	314 (24.7)	2,177 (32.3)	9,511 (45.2)
Spray operators	2019	81 (9.8)	891 (52.0)	517 (35.2)
	2020	83 (11.8)	863 (49.6)	780 (44.0)
	2021	111 (15.5)	973 (52.1)	814 (40.7)
Supervisors	2019	73 (30.0)	303 (48.0)	22 (25.0)
	2020	55 (28.9)	334 (48.6)	269 (37.0)
	2021	65 (32.2)	351 (48.7)	300 (38.0)
Entomology employees	2020	77 (41.2)	64 (47.8)	41 (11.4)
Entomology employees	2021	99 (36.0)	68 (47.2)	39 (12.2)

TABLE 2.

Spray Operator Efficiency and Effectiveness on Average Across Madagascar, Rwanda, and Zambia, 2020 and 2021

Indicator	2020			2021
Indicator	Women	Men	P Value^a	Women	Men	P Value^a
Average number of days spray operator worked	22.4	22.4	.72	21.6	21.4	.02
Average number of structures found per spray operator	13.2	13.4	<.01	12.7	12.9	<.01
Average number of structures sprayed per spray operator per day	12.7	13.0	<.01	12.3	12.5	<.01
Average percentage of structures found that are sprayed per spray operator, %	96.3	96.5	.09	96.45	96.52	.52