Malaria control is reliant on insecticides to control the mosquito vector. As efforts to control
the disease have intensified, so has the selection pressure on mosquitoes to develop …

Achieving a malaria-free world presents exciting scientific challenges as well as
overwhelming health, equity, and economic benefits. WHO and countries are setting …

Background Progress in malaria control is under threat by wide-scale insecticide resistance
in malaria vectors. Two recent vector control products have been developed: a long-lasting …

Background Scale-up of insecticide-based interventions has averted more than 500 million
malaria cases since 2000. Increasing insecticide resistance could herald a rebound in …

Long lasting pyrethroid treated bednets are the most important tool for preventing malaria.
Pyrethroid resistant Anopheline mosquitoes are now ubiquitous in Africa, though the public …

Background DDT was among the initial persistent organic pollutants listed under the
Stockholm Convention and continues to be used for control of malaria and other vector …

Background Malaria causes significant morbidity and mortality each year. In the past few
years, the global malaria cases have been declining and many endemic countries are …

Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is an important part of malaria control. There is a growing list
of insecticide classes; pyrethroids remain the principal insecticide used in bednets but …

Insecticide resistance is a major obstacle to control of Anopheles malaria mosquitoes in sub-
Saharan Africa and requires an improved understanding of the underlying mechanisms …

Insecticide resistance across sub-Saharan Africa may impact the continued effectiveness of
malaria vector control. We investigated the association between carbamate and pyrethroid …