4 May 2020: Researchers from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) and the University of Glasgow, UK, have identified a microbe in malaria mosquitoes that is capable of blocking transmission of the disease from the insects to people.

On 25 April 2020, the international community marked the World Malaria Day, an occasion set aside to recognise global efforts to control this disease. The global theme is: “Zero malaria starts with me”. At the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), we used this occasion to retrospect on our accomplishments over the past 50 years. The Centre was founded at a time when malaria control in Africa largely focused on diagnosis and treatment.

7 April 2020: On this date in 1970, the International Centre of Insect Physiology (icipe), Africa’s only institution dedicated to the study of insects and other arthropods, was officially registered by the government of Kenya, its host country.

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

Date: 20 March 2020

Communique issued by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, in the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.