There are currently no frameworks developed specifically for assessing community-based dengue control project sustainability. We firstly review the  literature for frameworks for assessing project sustainability, and secondly, validate the framework criteria against the oldest community- based intervention using Mesocyclops in Xuan Phong commune, Nam Dinh province, north Vietnam, subject of an intervention in 1998-2000.

The container breeding mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is recognized as the major global vector of dengue viruses, causing approximately 50 million infections annually.  We previously reported a new community-based mosquito control strategy which resulted in the elimination of Ae. aegypti in 40 of 46 communes in three northern and three central provinces of Vietnam, with only small numbers of larvae detected in the others.