This message from WHO website: The World malaria report 2019 provides a comprehensive update on global and regional malaria data and trends. The report tracks investments in malaria programmes and research as well as progress across all intervention areas: prevention, diagnosis, treatment, elimination and surveillance. It also includes dedicated chapters on the consequences of malaria on maternal, infant and child health, the “High Burden to High Impact” approach as well as biological threats to the fight against malaria.

The 2019 report is based on information received from more than 80 countries and areas with ongoing malaria transmission. This information is supplemented by data from national household surveys and databases held by other organizations.

The Report can be accessed here (click on blue text and then click again on pop-up): https://www.who.int/publications-detail/world-malaria-report-2019: 

Latest WHO update on the status of new vector control tools in the development pipeline.

There are 10 different tools discussed and it a very useful and compact synopsis of the various approaches currently being tested for improved vector control or contact reduction. Go to the URL https://www.who.int/vector-control/vcag/new-interventions/en/

Below are some fairly recent publications we found interesting (and yes, we acknowledge this reflects personal bias, but it should nevertheless resonate with many vector biologists)

The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases

Wilson AL, Courtenay O, Kelly-Hope LA, Scott TW, Takken W, Torr SJ, et al. (2020)

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 14 (1), e0007831. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007831

The authors chart the history of vector control through time from elucidation of the transmission route of VBDs to the present day. Pre-1940 vector control relied heavily on environmental management and larval control based on a thorough understanding of pathogen transmission but was replaced by insecticide-based vector control, often deployed as a monotherapy. The authors call for increased political will and investment in vector control and a return to locally tailored vector control that draws on the entire toolbox of interventions available.