The IVCC Indo Pacific Initiative, funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has established partnerships to build capacities for a staged approach to develop, test and make accessible an expanded vector control toolbox in the region. In this webinar, speakers will share how the BITE, NATNAT, and modelling projects are developing evidence on Forest Packs containing bite-prevention tools in the Greater Mekong Subregion and on the use of IRS, spatial repellents, and larvicides to complement LLIN use in Papua New Guinea.

Date & Time: 7^th September 2022, Wednesday (2 PM – Singapore Time)

Facilitator

• Leo Braack, Co-Chair of APMEN Vector Control Working Group, and Senior Vector Control Specialist from Malaria Consortium

Speakers/Panellists

• Frederick Yeomans, Project Manager, ATSB and Indo-Pacific Initiative, IVCC
• Prof Neil Lobo, Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
• Rebecca J Vinit, Senior Scientific Officer, Vector-borne Disease Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research

Title of presentations

• The IVCC Indo Pacific Initiative – Frederick Yeomans
• Shifting the BITE prevention paradigm – Neil Lobo
• Impact of Indoor Residual Spraying Vector Control Tool on Malaria Vector Population in Papua New Guinea ­– Rebecca Jupai Vinit

Webinar registration link: http://tiny.cc/APMEN29