Brian Chisanga

Brian Chisanga

Research Project: The Economic Impact of Screening Rural Houses as an Additional Vector Control against Malaria Transmission in Zambia

Brian is a DRIP PhD Scholar supervised by Dr. Menale Kassie and Prof. Clifford Mutero (icipe) and Prof. Erwin, Bulte (Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands).  His research interests is to determine the effects of house screening as an additional malaria vector control method on averting malaria cases and associated economic and social outcomes. The study also seeks to determine the incremental cost effectiveness of house screening as well as assessing the behaviour of households towards house screens given prices paid, subsidy levels and the effects of incentives.

Brian graduated with Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Agricultural Economics) from the University of Zambia in 2007 and Master of Science (Agricultural Economics) from the University of Pretoria in 2012. He is currently pursuing his PhD at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands in Development Economics supported by AFRO-II Project funded by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO) through icipe.