In 2018 IVCC was awarded a five-year $18.75Million grant by Australia Aid to create a toolbox of vector control products to address malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases in the Indo-Pacific Region.
Together with partners, IVCC aims to leverage and adapt its robust pipeline of innovative vector control solutions to maximise the opportunity to save lives in the Indo-Pacific region and help prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases.
As part of the project, IVCC has commissioned landscape studies of the region. These studies map the technical gaps for vector control in key countries of the region, evaluate the regulatory requirements and different routes to market and identify the main actors and stakeholders in key countries in the region.
Funding partner
NATNAT
Geographic Focus: Papua New Guinea
Partners: Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Burnet Institute, James Cook University
Objective: Rapid assessment and adoption of vector control tools in Papua New Guinea
Target Disease: Malaria
Tools: Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), larvicides and spatial repellents
Project BITE
Geographic Focus: Greater Mekong Subregion: Thailand (semi-field) and Cambodia (field)
Partner: UCSF Global Health Group’s Malaria Elimination Initiative led partnership
Objective: Evaluate entomological and epidemiological protective and residual efficacy of bite prevention tools in forest packs amongst forest rangers and forest goers
Target Disease: Malaria
Tools: Forest Packs (spatial repellent, topical repellent and insecticide-treated clothing)
Geographic Focus: Indo-Pacific Region
Partners: Imperial College London
Objective: Model the impact of the new tools being trialled as part of the Indo-Pacific Initiative (IPI) on malaria in the region
Target Disease: Malaria
Vector Control in the Indo-Pacific: Below are summaries of our Technical, Regulatory and Market Access Landscapes.