**7.6 Bioenvironmental control of disease vectors**

This is a holistic approach of vector control practiced in the beginning of the 20th century. The main aim of this approach is source reduction of larval breeding habitats. In other words, larval source management is the key strategy that mitigates challenges of larval control. Minor engineering, filling up of pools and puddles near human habitats, and biological control are some methods of this strategy. Since the mid-1980s the ICMR- National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, India has made pioneering work on this front with great successes. In this strategy, health education and community engagement is an integral part [34].
