Tech-Enabled Sub-National Tailoring: Putting the Right Intervention in the Right Place

Second, SORA Technology presented its concept of Tech-Enabled Sub-National Tailoring (SNT). SNT is broader than LSM: it uses risk and programme intelligence to help determine which intervention, or combination of interventions, should be prioritized in each operational area. Core tools such as insecticide-treated nets remain central, while LSM, indoor residual spraying, surveillance, and other measures can be added or intensified where local risk and operational conditions justify them.

The presentation showed how technology can make established sub-national tailoring principles more operational — screening a broad area first, then adding higher-resolution validation only where it can change a programme decision.

The approach included:

• Satellite and programme-data screening: Combining satellite, population, routine programme, and other available data to screen the full catchment and identify areas requiring closer attention.
  
• AI risk stratification and prioritization: Ranking communities by transmission risk, access, intervention coverage and use, and operational feasibility to support “which tool, where” decisions.
  
• Targeted drone and field validation: Using drone mapping and field checks selectively in high-risk or uncertain areas; where LSM is justified, AI can identify and prioritize mappable, treatable, and recurrent breeding sites.
  
• Digital microplanning and adaptive monitoring: Translating priorities into tasks, routes, and field plans, tracking implementation and results, and updating plans as new information becomes available.

The key message was that technology does not replace malaria interventions. It helps programmes use existing tools more precisely — identifying where risk sits, prioritizing the appropriate intervention mix, and linking decisions to implementation, monitoring, and follow-up.

Participation in PAMCA Kenya Chapter 2026 provided an opportunity to exchange knowledge and perspectives with vector control professionals and stakeholders, demonstrate a hands-on digital workflow for LSM, and introduce SORA Technology’s broader Tech-Enabled SNT approach for malaria programmes.

SORA Technology will continue working with partners across Africa and globally to develop, evaluate, and scale data-driven approaches that strengthen tech-enabled LSM and sub-national tailoring, improve the precision of malaria vector control, and contribute to the goal of a malaria-free future.