Course: The Resistant Mosquito: Staying Ahead of the Game in the Fight against Malaria

The first reported case of insecticide resistance was in 1914, when A. L. Melander described observing scale insects still alive under a “crust of dried spray” of sulphur-lime. As of …

To control malaria mosquitoes, it is good to know their behaviour and life cycle. All control methods are based on this knowledge. In this video, Pie Müller addresses traditional as …

Humans have always suffered at the hands of insect pests, leading to discomfort, economic loss, and even death. Since the very beginning of civilization, humans have endeavoured to improve their …

Insecticides work by interfering with the normal function of an insect. In this video, Barbara Wedel explains how this works and how insecticides are grouped. Different insecticides target different aspects …

We’ve seen that insecticides have played a key role in reducing malaria and other vector-borne diseases, even helping to eradicate malaria from some countries. The use of insecticidal interventions alone …

In this video, Tobias Suter explains the biology of mosquitoes and how to use the vulnerabilities in their life cycles to control them. If we understand mosquitoes’ life cycle, we …

Malaria has always been a part of life, and death, in Nsuhyia. And for as long as anyone can remember, so has mosquito control, in various forms. When some of …

Michael Macdonald explains how malaria vector control strategies evolved over the 20th century. Sir Ronald Ross discovered the mosquitoes’ role in malaria transmission at the turn of the 20th century. …

Malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by protozoan parasites from the genus Plasmodium. The symptoms of malaria can include fever, tiredness, anaemia and headaches, more severe cases can lead to …

In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria has been commonplace for a long time. The fight against the disease includes many aspects. To address them, Keziah L. Malm and Fredros Okumu take you …

We are at the end of this course and you have worked through a lot of material. The course showed the need for and the importance of proactively managing insecticide …

Malaria is not the only disease that is vectored by mosquitoes. You may have heard of such diseases as dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever or Zika, which also put a heavy …

Sri Lanka was certified malaria-free in 2016, whilst Zambia is committed to eliminating the disease. In this video, two experts involved in the endeavour summarise their experiences. What are the …

Integrated Vector Control (IVC) and Integrated Vector Management (IVM), whilst having overlapping principles, are sometimes erroneously used interchangeably. The WHO defines IVM as “A rational decision-making process for the optimal …

Never has the need for a comprehensive approach to vector control to counter the impact of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) been more urgent. The unprecedented global spread of dengue and chikungunya …