Climate change increasingly impacts disease-carrying vectors such as mosquitoes, affecting their growth, habits and populations. Vector control becomes more complex in climate-induced humanitarian emergencies due to the scarcity of both human and logistical resources. Effective collaboration between national vector-borne disease programs, disaster departments, relief organizations, technical partners, and procurement agencies is crucial to facilitate information exchange and develop informed strategies for vector control. In this webinar, experts from Pakistan shed light on their efforts in managing vector control during the recent floods, offering valuable insights for partner countries to learn from.

(Facilitator)

• Dr Leo Braack, Co-Chair of APMEN Vector Control Working Group; Senior Vector Control Specialist from Malaria Consortium...

(Panellists)

• Dr Muhammad Mukhtar, Director, Directorate of Malaria Control (DoMC), Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination, Pakistan, and Chair of APMEN Vector Control Working Group [Author of Pakistan Case Study];
• Prof Zarfishan Tahir, Dean, Institute of Public Health, Government of the Punjab, Pakistan;
• Dr Nabila Zaka, Health Manager, UNICEF Pakistan;
• Dr Qutbuddin Kakar, Lead WHO Pakistan Response Team, and National Professional Officer, Malaria and NTDs, WHO Pakistan;
• Dr Muhammad Tariq, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah - Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.