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Vector control and prevention publications

• 10 things you need to know about DDT use under the Stockholm Convention
• A framework of strategic options for the integrated delivery of insecticide-treated nets and immunization
• A generic risk assessment model for insecticide treatment of mosquito nets and their subsequent use
• A strategic framework for coordinated national action scaling up insecticide-treated netting programmes in Africa
  Working group for scaling-up insecticide-treated netting
• A system to improve Value for Money in LLIN procurement through market competition based on cost per year of effective coverage
  Concept Note
• Availability and supply of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets
  RBM Partnership, Geneva, June 2005
• Decision-making for judicious use of insecticides
  Trial edition
• Decisions of the first conference of parties to the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants on DDT
  Punta del Este, Uruguay, 2–6 May 2005
• Draft interim recommendations on the sound management of packaging for Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets(LLINs)
  Geneva, Switzerland, 01 November 2011
• Environmental management for vector control
  Training and information materials; Slide set series
• Factors that affect the success and failure of ITN programmes for malaria control in SE Asia and the Western Pacific
  Prepared by Tony Stewart and Ron P. Marchand for WHO-WPRO
• Fourth update on Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets
  Current Status And Programmatic Issues Geneva, 10.11.2003
• Frequently asked questions (FAQs) on DDT use for disease vector control
• Global malaria control and elimination: report of a meeting on containment of artemisinin tolerance
• Global strategic framework for integrated vector management
• Guideline specifications for bacterial larvicides for public health use
  Report of the WHO informal consultation, WHO/HQ, Geneva, 28-30 April 1999.
• Guidelines for laboratory and field testing of long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets
• Guidelines on situation analysis for public health pesticide management
• Guidelines on the management of public health pesticides
  Report of the WHO Interregional Consultation, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 25-28 February 2003
• Indoor residual spraying
  Use of indoor residual spraying for scaling up global malaria control and elimination
• Information on factory pre-treated nets and conventional treatment of coloured mosquito nets
  Geneva, 20.09.2003
• Insecticide-treated bed nets and curtains for preventing malaria
  2004 Update
• Insecticide-treated mosquito net interventions
  A manual for national control programme managers
• Insecticide-treated mosquito nets: a position statement
• Insecticide-treated netting materials
  Report of the third meeting of the technical support network
• Instructions for treatment and use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets
  Use insecticide-treated mosquito nets to sleep in peace - and protect your health
• Long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria prevention
  Trial Edition: A manual for malaria programme managers
• Malaria control and immunization: a sound partnership with great potential
• Malaria elimination
  A field manual for low and moderate endemic countries
• Malaria vector control and personal protection
  Report of a WHO study group
• Malaria vector control. Insecticides for indoor residual spraying
• PEEM guidelines 3
  Guidelines for cost-effectiveness analysis of vector control
• Protecting all pregnant women and children under five years living in malaria endemic areas in Africa with insecticide treated mosquito nets
  Working Paper
• Protecting vulnerable groups in malaria-endemic areas in Africa through accelerated deployment of insecticide-treated nets
  WHO UNICEF Joint Statement
• Repellents and toxicants for personal protection
  Position paper. Global collaboration for development of pesticides for public health
• Review of Olyset Nets and bifenthrin 10%WP
  Report of the 5th WHOPES Working Group meeting, 30-31 October 2001.
• Review of Vecto Bac WG, PermaNet and Gokilath-S 5EC
  Report of the 7th WHOPES Working Group meeting, 2-4 December 2003
• Safety of pyrethroid-treated mosquito nets
  Fact Sheet
• Scaling-up insecticide-treated netting programmes in Africa
  A strategic framework for coordinated national action
• Specifications for netting materials
  Report of an informal consultation, WHO, Geneva, 8-9 June 2000
• Specifications for netting materials
  Technical consultation on specifications and quality control of netting materials and mosquito nets. 29 November – 2 December 2005
• Supplies for monitoring insecticide resistance in disease vectors
  Procedures and Conditions
• Targeted subsidy strategies for national scaling up of insecticide-treated netting programmes
  Principles and approaches
• Techniques to detect insecticide resistance mechanisms (field and laboratory manual)
• Test procedures for insecticide resistance monitoring in malaria vectors, bio-efficacy and persistence of insecticides on treated surfaces
  Report of the WHO Informal Consultation, 28-30 September 1998, WHO/HQ, Geneva.
• The technical basis for coordinated action against insecticide resistance:preserving the effectiveness of modern malaria vector control
  Meeting report
• The use of DDT in malaria vector control
  WHO position statement on DDT
• Update on Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets
  Geneva, 9.08.2002
• Vector control for malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases : report of a WHO study group
  WHO technical report series, 857
• Vector control: methods for use by individuals and communities
  Prepared by J.A. Rozendaal
• Vector resistance to pesticides
  Fifteenth Reportof the WHO Export Committee on Vector Biology and Control. WHO technical report series, 818
• WHO position on DDT use in disease vector control under The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
• WHO position statement on integrated vector management