A great new IRM Operational Vector Manual has just been published by IRAC providing the reader with practical knowledge and tools required to implement insecticide resistance management in vector control programmes. This pocket size booklet is a shortened version of the earlier larger IRAC Vector Manual. Both the full version and smaller operational pocket version have the same title “Prevention and Management of Insecticide Resistance in Vectors of Public Health Importance” and are available online via the IRAC website (see the document links within the text above). Printed copies are available from the IRAC Coordinator at enquiries@irac-online.org.
- Posters (Public Health)
- Biomolecular Monitoring in Insect Vectors (Nov 10, v1)138 KB
- IRM - Control of Mosquito Vectors of Malaria (Nov 10, v1)256 KB
- Mosquito MoA Poster (Oct 10, v1.7)123 KB
- Poster on IRM for Public Health (2007)291 KB
- Bedbug IRM Poster (v4.0) Aug 08144 KB
- Cockroach IRM Poster (v4.0) Aug 0897 KB
- Housefly IRM Poster (v1.0) Aug 08 68 KB
- Mexico TRial - IRM Strategies Poster (v1.0) Aug 08145 KB
- Mosquito IRM Poster (v3.0) Aug 0883 KB
- Presentations
- Publications & Articles
Public Health Team Objectives
- Identify potential, new or existing resistance issues. Set up Team Working Groups or Focal Points as necessary
- Provide expert input into IRM initiatives with identified partners.
- Preparation of Public Health communication material
- Develop IRAC methods for the housefly and mosquito
- Develop a position paper on WHOPES discriminating rates
Team Leader: Mark Hoppe, Syngenta
The Public Health Team was formed in 2006 to continue the work initiated by a previous IRAC Vector Team and has the extended remit covering hygiene pests as well as vectors. Most of the efforts have focused on forming links with key groups working in the vector control area (WHO, Gates Foundation, Innovative Vector Control Consortium IVCC etc.) and a key publication “Prevention and Management of Insecticide Resistance in Vectors and Pests of Public Health Importance” was published with inputs from these groups in January 2007.
Links to External Test Methods
WHO Methods
- WHO test procedures for insecticide resistance monitoring in malaria vectors
- Discriminating concentrations of insecticides for adult mosquitoes
- Supplies for monitoring insecticide resistance and procurement of WHO test kits
CDC Vector resistance Assays:
Latest News
Two new posters from the IRAC Public Health Team and a further poster from the IRAC MoA Team all relate to different aspects of resistance management in mosquitoes as vectors of malaria. Topics covered by the posters include a general overview of the importance of insect resistance management, the increasing importance of biomolecular techniques for resistance monitoring and the importance of MoA in IRM strategies. Links to the posters are given below:
- The importance of Insecticide Resistance Management in the control of the mosquito vectors of malaria
- The increase in the utility and importance of biomolecular techniques in resistance monitoring in insect vectors
- Insecticide MoA Classification: A Key to Effective Insecticide Resistance Management in Mosquitoes
