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2018 Benin End of Spray Report 2018 BENIN END OF SPRAY REPORT SPRAY DATES: APRIL 30 – MAY 23 AND MAY 10 – JUNE 2, 2018 SUBMITTED: JULY 17, 2018 Recommended Citation: The PMI VectorLink Project. End of Spray Report: April 30, 2018 – June 2, 2018. Rockville, MD. The PMI VectorLink Project, Abt Associates Inc. Contract: AID-OAA-I-17-00008 Task Order: AID-OAA-TO-17-00027 Submitted to: United States Agency for International Development/PMI Abt Associates Inc. | 6130 Executive Boulevard | Rockville, Maryland 20852 | T. 301.347.5000 F. 301.913.9061 www.abtassociates.com 2018 VECTORLINK BENIN END OF SPRAY REPORT CONTENTS ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................... IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................... 1 1 COUNTRY BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................... 3 2 2018 IRS CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................... 4 3 PREPARATION FOR IRS CAMPAIGN ................................................................................................ 5 3.1 IRS Campaign Planning ................................................................................................................................ 5 3.2 Logistics Planning and Procurement .......................................................................................................... 6 3.2.1 Personal Protective Equipment and Insecticide Procurement for the 2018 IRS Campaign .. 6 3.2.2 Planning Logistics and Transportation for the 2018 IRS Campaign .......................................... 6 3.3 Training ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 4 IEC ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................. 10 4.1 Advocacy meetings ...................................................................................................................................... 10 4.2 IEC activities ................................................................................................................................................. 10 4.2.1 Mobilization ....................................................................................................................................... 10 4.2.2 Town Criers ....................................................................................................................................... 11 4.2.3 Radio Broadcasts ............................................................................................................................... 11 4.3 IEC Activities and outcomes ...................................................................................................................... 11 4.3.1 4.4. World Malaria Day .................................................................................................................... 13 5 IMPLEMENTATION OF IRS ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................ 14 5.1 Spray Campaign Launch Ceremony .......................................................................................................... 14 5.2 Short-term Technical assistance ................................................................................................................. 15 5.3 Spray Operation and Supervision .............................................................................................................. 17 5.3.1 Spray Operations ............................................................................................................................... 17 5.3.2 Spray Supervision .............................................................................................................................. 22 5.4 Logistics and Stock Management .............................................................................................................. 24 5.4.1 Insecticide for the 2018 IRS campaign .......................................................................................... 24 5.4.2 Dispatching of IRS material to Operations Sites ......................................................................... 24 5.4.3 Stock Management during the IRS Campaign ............................................................................. 26 5.5 Payment of Seasonal Staff ........................................................................................................................... 26 6 POST-SPRAY ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................................. 28 6.1 Summary of Post-Spray Activities ............................................................................................................. 28 6.2 Demobilization of Commodities ............................................................................................................... 28 6.3 Inventory Assessment ................................................................................................................................. 28 6.4 Post-Spray Campaign Radio Programs ..................................................................................................... 29 7 ENTOMOLOGY .............................................................................................................................. 30 7.1 IRS Quality assays ........................................................................................................................................ 30 7.2 Results ............................................................................................................................................................ 30 8 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ................................................................................................. 31 i 8.1 Key Objectives and Approach .................................................................................................................. 31 8.2 Data Management and Processing ............................................................................................................ 31 8.2.1 Data Collection .................................................................................................................................. 31 8.2.2 Data Entry .......................................................................................................................................... 31 8.2.3 Data Quality Assurance.................................................................................................................... 32 8.2.4 Data Tracking, Storage, and Security ............................................................................................. 33 9 RESULTS ....................................................................................................................................... 34 9.1 mHealth results ............................................................................................................................................. 34 9.2 Structures Found and Population protected ............................................................................................ 34 9.2.1 Structures Found ............................................................................................................................... 34 9.2.2 Population Protected ........................................................................................................................ 36 9.3 se of LLINs ................................................................................................................................................... 36 9.4 nsecticide Use and SOP Performance ...................................................................................................... 37 10 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE ................................................................................................. 38 10.1 Pre-Season Environmental Compliance Assessment ............................................................................. 38 10.2 Mid- Post-Spray Environmental Inspections .......................................................................................... 40 10.3 Incidents encountered during the IRS operations .................................................................................. 41 10.4 IRS Waste disposal ....................................................................................................................................... 41 11 IRS COUNTRY CAPACITY ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................ 43 12 GENDER ....................................................................................................................................... 44 13 CHALLENGES, LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................... 46 13.1 Challenges ...................................................................................................................................................... 46 13.2 Lessons Learned ........................................................................................................................................... 46 13.3 Recommendations 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