The IVCC Indo Pacific Initiative, funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), has established partnerships to evaluate and make accessible an expanded vector control toolbox in the region.

In this webinar, the speakers shared how the BITE, NATNAT and modelling projects are developing evidence on Forest Packs containing bite-prevention tools in the Greater Mekong Subregion and on the use of IRS, spatial repellents and larvicides to complement LLIN use in Papua New Guinea.

Facilitator

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

Speakers/Panellists

• Frederick Yeomans, Project Manager, Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits and Indo-Pacific Initiative, IVCC, United Kingdom;
• Prof Neil Lobo, Research Professor, Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame; and Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA; and
• Rebecca J Vinit, Senior Scientific Officer, Vector-borne Disease Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research.