GCSE INNOVATION LABS · AFRICA · LATIN AMERICA
Built Environment
& Malaria Lab
Advancing climate-resilient infrastructure design to reduce malaria transmission through integrated built environment and health strategies.
LAB OVERVIEW
Where Infrastructure
Meets Malaria Risk
This lab examines how the built environment interacts with climate to shape malaria risk, addressing a major gap in current disease modeling approaches. Housing quality, water systems, and infrastructure all influence mosquito habitats and human exposure, yet are often excluded from predictive models.
Through comparative research across multiple countries, the lab develops transdisciplinary methodologies that integrate climate data, infrastructure, and public health to generate actionable insights for policy and design. The goal is to inform a malaria-smart building sector under changing climate conditions.
LAB GOAL
Inform a malaria-smart building sector under changing climate conditions
APPROACH
Comparative multi-country research
Transdisciplinary methodology
Climate + infrastructure + public health integration
OUTPUTS
Actionable insights for policy
Actionable insights for design
Housing Quality
Structural features that create or reduce mosquito entry points and breeding conditions
Water Systems
Drainage, storage, and management infrastructure as drivers of mosquito habitat formation.
Infrastructure
Broader built environment features that shape human exposure to malaria vectors.
COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS
Lab Partners
Research Network
Belmont Forum Network
Institutions
Global Research Institutions
University
Penn State University
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