Charlotte Hemingway, Steven Gowelo, Mercy Opiyo, Dulcisaria Marrenjo, Mara Maquina, Blessings N. Kaunda-Khangamwa, Lusungu Kayira, Teklu Cherkose, Yohannes Hailmichael, Neusa Torres, Estevao Mucavele, Muanacha Mintade, Baltazar Candrinho, Themba Mzilahowa, Endalamaw Gadisa, Allison Tatarsky, Élodie A. Vajda, Emily Dantzer, Edward Thomsen, Michael Coleman, Neil Lobo
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Background Vector control remains the principal method to prevent malaria transmission and has contributed to shrinking the malaria map. However, such gains have stagnated across Africa, underscoring the need to tailor vector control to local drivers of transmission. An Entomological Surveillance Planning Tool (ESPT) was developed to distil normative guidance into an operational decision-support tool to enable cost effective, locally tailored, and evidence-based vector control. To support roll out of the ESPT’s question-based entomological surveillance planning an interactive digital toolkit, eSPT, was developed.