ISNTD Climate & Health
Vector control & vector-borne diseases
27 October 2021
Online conference
Introduction
ISNTD Bites, now in its eighth year, is the annual meeting by ISNTD for those working in vector control and vector-borne diseases.
This year, against the backdrop of the recently launched WHO NTD Roadmap and the shock of the COVID19 pandemic, ISNTD Bites will focus on innovations and future needs in vector control, in context of global health as well as broader challenges.
Presentations & panel discussions will run throughout the day. Please contact krafiq@isntd.org for further details including speaking & attending.
Programme
Date: Wednesday 27th October 2021
Time: 8:30 - 16:15 UTC
Venue: Online (connection details to follow)
Five sessions throughout the day:
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Draft programme:
08.30-9.30 UTC
COVID19 & VECTOR CONTROL
COVID19 and impact on global vector control strategies
Dr Raman Velayudhan (World Health Organisation)
The COVID-19 pandemic should not derail global vector control efforts
Dr Frederik Seelig (The Global Vector Hub, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
9.45-11.00 UTC
FROM SURVEILLANCE TO VECTOR CONTROL POLICIES
The threat of the invasive An. stephensi in the African region and lessons for vector control policy
Dr Ayman Ahmed (Sudanese National Academy of Sciences and the University of Khartoum)
Unmanned aerial vehicle mapping to tackle dengue outbreaks in a rural community in Northern Coastal Ecuador
Dr Gwenyth Lee (School of Public Health, University of Michigan)
Molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases using microchip technology
Kenny Malpartida-Cardenas (Digital Diagnostics for Africa Network)
11.00-12.30 UTC
URBANISATION, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT & VECTOR CONTROL
Accelerating action on urban health. Renewed collaboration between WHO and UN Habitat
Dr Nathalie Laure Roebbel (Department of Public Health, Environmental, and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organisation)
Dr. Graham Alabaster (Urban Basic Services Branch, UN-Habitat)
Vector-borne diseases in towns and cities
Dr Fiona Shenton (BOVA Network and Durham University)
The role of urbanisation in the spread of Aedes mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit
Prof Olaf Horstick (Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases and Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany)
13.00-14.30 UTC
UPDATES ON INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE
Insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti from Tapachula, Mexico: Spatial variation and response to historical insecticide use
Francisco Solis and Dr Rosa Patricia Penilla Navarro (Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Mexico) [in Spanish with translation by Dr Saúl Lozano, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and Colorado State University)]
Deltamethrin resistance in Chagas disease vectors colonizing oil palm plantations: implications for vector control strategies in a public health-agriculture interface
Dr Johan Manuel Calderón (Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical CIMPAT, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia)
14.45-16.15 UTC
LEVERAGING COMMUNITIES FOR VECTOR CONTROL
Farmer perceptions and willingness to pay for novel livestock pest control technologies: A case of tsetse repellent collar in Kwale County in Kenya
Dr Beatrice W. Muriithi (Social Science and Impact Assessment Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, icipe, Kenya)
Communities, art and science to tackle vetor-borne diseases: the case of the Mediterranean island of Procida
Prof Marco Salvemini (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
DengueChat: A Social and Software Platform for Community-Based Arbovirus Vector Control
Prof James Holston (University of California, Berkeley, Social Apps Lab) and Dr Josefina Coloma (University of California, Berkeley)
16.15 UTC
CONCLUDING REMARKS
The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases
