Indoor and Outdoor House Inspection Coupled with Community Mobilization Impact on Decreased Aedes Aegypti Entomological Indices during ChikngunyaDengue Outbreak Containment in Affected Localities of Kassala and Red Sea States, 2018-2019

Aedes aegypti is an important vector for dengue virus infection. Apart from dengue virus, Aedes aegypti is also thevector for transmission of other viruses presenting serious public health threats: chikungunya, and yellow fever. Thepresent paper aimed to assess the impact of indoor and outdoor house inspection coupled with community mobilizationon decreased Aedes aegypti entomological indices during Chikungunya-Dengue Outbreak containment in affectedLocalities of Kassala and Red Sea States, 2018-2019. The survey was conducted in Kassala and Red Sea State duringoutbreak of chikungunya and dengue. The survey was performed in the affected localities by dividing the localities intoseven-day blocks from Saturday to Friday. All dwellings of each block were thoroughly checked by health promoterson the specific day. The sufficient numbers of promoters were available to cover all the houses in the affected areas.The study revealed that the reduction in house index from baseline in Kassala state was reduced by 90.4% in week 7.While the House index was reduced from baseline in Red Sea Sate by 87.1% in week 14. For container index it wasreduced by 89.6% in Kassala State in week 7 compared to 89.0% in Red Sea State in week 14. The study concludedthat indoor and outdoor inspection coupled with community mobilization has impact on reduced of Aedes aegyptiindices mainly house index and container index.