Reducing health risks through sound management of pesticides

Overview

Vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease, continue to inflict a major burden on human populations. The control of malaria has been intensified in the past decade, relying to a substantial degree on the action of chemical pesticides to control vector populations or reduce disease transmission. It is critical that these vector control pesticides are used for their acceptable purpose without causing adverse effects on human and animal health and the environment.

The goal of the project Reducing health risks through sound management of pesticides was to reduce the health risks of pesticides through their sound management by facilitating the establishment of national regulatory frameworks; optimizing and harmonizing registration procedures; strengthening capacity on post-registration monitoring, evaluation and control of public health pesticides; and reducing trade in substandard pesticide products.