The year 2020 marks the 50^th anniversary of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe). 

icipe was established in 1970 by the late internationally renowned Kenyan scientist, Prof. Thomas Risley Odhiambo, at a time when the very notion that insect science – or indeed, the then woefully small indigenous scientific communities – could contribute to a prosperous future for Africa must have seemed audacious to say the least.

The AFRO II project evaluating the feasibility and impact of community-based winter-larviciding on malaria transmission in three southern African countries (Botswana, Namibia and the Kingdom of Eswatini), hosted UNEP communication mission to the Kingdom of Eswatini.

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE: http://www.icipe.org/)  is involved as a key technical partner in ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of house-screening and winter-larviciding in the context of integrated vector management (IVM)  for sustainable malaria control in six southern African countries: Namibia, Botswana,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 October 2019: The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and Ethiopia Jobs Creation Commission (JCC), today launched a USD 55,601,322, five-year initiative that aims to see 100,000 young men and women in Ethiopia secure dignified and fulfilling work along honey and silk value chains.

Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland the project target current hot spots of transmission for demonstration projects. Winter larviciding is part of the countries national vector control strategy for malaria elimination but is currently not used extensively.