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Vector control and insecticide resistance

List of publications by year

2013

• Indoor residual spraying: An operational manual for IRS for malaria transmission, control and elimination
  April 2013
• Test procedures for insecticide resistance monitoring in malaria vector mosquitoes
  April 2013

2012

• Global plan for insecticide resistance management in malaria vectors (GPIRM)
• Guidelines for procuring public health pesticides
  March 2012
• Launch of the Global plan for insecticide resistance management
  Report on the event held in Geneva on 15 May 2012
• WHO interim position statement – the role of larviciding for malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa
  April 2012

2011

• A system to improve Value for Money in LLIN procurement through market competition based on cost per year of effective coverage
  Concept Note (October 2011)
• Draft interim recommendations on the sound management of packaging for long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs)
  Geneva, Switzerland, 1 November 2011
• The technical basis for coordinated action against insecticide resistance: preserving the effectiveness of modern malaria vector control
  Meeting report, Geneva, 4-6 May 2010
• The use of DDT in malaria vector control
  WHO position statement, May 2011

2009 and earlier

• Global malaria control and elimination
  Report of a meeting on containment of artemisinin tolerance, 19 January 2008
• Malaria epidemic preparedness, Darfur crisis, 2004 - Vector control
  WHO/EMRO
• Malaria vector control and personal protection
  Report of a WHO study group (12–14 March 2004)
• Protecting all pregnant women and children under five years living in malaria endemic areas in Africa with insecticide treated mosquito nets
  Working Paper (2006)
• Specifications for netting materials
  Technical consultation on specifications and quality control of netting materials and mosquito nets, 29 November – 2 December 2005
• WHO position statement on integrated vector management
  May 2008

Archived publications

• Entomological field techniques for malaria control (archived)
  Part I: learner's guide, part II: tutor's guide
• Factors that affect the success and failure of ITN programmes for malaria control in SE Asia and the Western Pacific (archived)
  Prepared by Tony Stewart and Ron P. Marchand for WHO-WPRO
• Guideline specifications for bacterial larvicides for public health use (archived)
  Report of the WHO informal consultation, WHO/HQ, Geneva, 28-30 April 1999.
• Indoor residual spraying. Use of indoor residual spraying for scaling up global malaria control and elimination (archived)
  August 2006
• Insecticide-treated bed nets and curtains for preventing malaria (archived)
  2004 Update
• Insecticide-treated mosquito net interventions (archived)
  A manual for national control programme managers
• Insecticide-treated mosquito nets: a WHO position statement (archived)
  August 2007
• Insecticide-treated netting materials (archived)
  Report of the third meeting of the technical support network, February 2001
• Long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria prevention (archived)
  Trial Edition: A manual for malaria programme managers
• Malaria vector control. Insecticides for indoor residual spraying (archived)
  2001
• Malaria vector control: decision making criteria and procedures for judicious use of insecticides (archived)
  2002
• Manual for indoor residual spraying (archived)
  Application of residual sprays for vector control
• Protecting vulnerable groups in malaria-endemic areas in Africa through accelerated deployment of insecticide-treated nets (archived)
  WHO UNICEF Joint Statement, April 2005
• Repellents and toxicants for personal protection (archived)
  Position paper. Global collaboration for development of pesticides for public health (2000)
• Review of Olyset Nets and bifenthrin 10%WP (archived)
  Report of the 5th WHOPES Working Group meeting, 30-31 October 2001
• Safe and effective use of household insecticide products (archived)
  Guide for the production of educational and training materials
• Scaling-up insecticide-treated netting programmes in Africa (archived)
  A strategic framework for coordinated national action (March 2002)
• Specifications for netting materials (archived)
  Report of an informal consultation, WHO, Geneva, 8-9 June 2000
• Techniques to detect insecticide resistance mechanisms (field and laboratory manual) (archived)
  1998
• Test procedures for insecticide resistance monitoring in malaria vectors, bio-efficacy and persistence of insecticides on treated surfaces (archived)
  Report of the WHO Informal Consultation, 28-30 September 1998
• Update on Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (archived)
  August 2002
• Vector control for malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases : report of a WHO study group (archived)
  WHO technical report series, 857 (1995)
• Vector control: methods for use by individuals and communities (archived)
• Vector resistance to pesticides (archived)
  15th report of the WHO Expert Committee on Vector Biology and Control. WHO technical report series, 818