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.

Albeit effective, it is now common knowledge that Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and Indoor residual spraying (IRS) will not be sufficient to eliminate malaria in endemic countries. This is because the biological limits of these tools have been defined by the increasing development of insecticide resistance and residual malaria transmission.