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Guidance on best practice strategies and approaches is available to national vector control programmes, but adopting and applying these recommendations in real-world situations has proven to be challenging.
ResistanceSIM is a digital simulation game for insecticide resistance management developed by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and partners, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation via IVCC, to strengthen capacity at country level to address the gap. The tool was developed in consultation with stakeholders and malaria programmes to define learning objectives, target audiences, and the role of mathematical models in development.
After test market evaluation, ResitanceSIM was launched at the 2018 Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) meeting. The tool is currently used in custom training programmes including the Elimination 8 (E8) course to enhance understanding of insecticide resistance strategies, good practices and entomological surveillance. The E8 countries include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique and Zambia.
Other initiatives include pairing the two complimentary gaming tools dealing with insecticide resistance, ResistanceSIM and Resistance101, a simple arcade game, dealing with the fundamentals of insecticide resistance. The DMC-MALVEC project introduced the tools in four sub-Saharan African countries as part of the Horizon 2020 EU Research and Innovation Programme.
Resistance101 can be downloaded from the App store and ResistanceSIM use can be facilitated via LSTM, ETCH group.
ResistanceSIM: Development and Acceptability Study of a Serious Game to Improve Understanding of Insecticide Resistance Management in Vector Control Programmes
