New Research from Côte d’Ivoire and Niger

January 20, 2023

This week, we are taking the opportunity to share two recently published journal articles from our teams in Côte d’Ivoire and Niger.

The article on Côte d’Ivoire, titled Entomological monitoring data driving decision-making for appropriate and sustainable malaria vector control in Côte d’Ivoire, discusses how entomological surveillance and insecticide susceptibility tests conducted in 2019 informed the NMCP’s development and implementation of a stratified ITN mass distribution in 2021 considering new generation nets along with the choice of insecticide and spray time for the first IRS campaign in 2020.

Map of Côte d’Ivoire highlighting sites where entomological monitoring takes place.

For Niger, the article titled Countrywide insecticide resistance monitoring and first report of the presence of the L1014S knock down resistance in Niger, West Africa discusses how Niger’s NMCP and its partners use data from insecticide resistance testing to adapt the country’s vector control strategy better.

Map of Niger showing the severity of malaria transmission and where insecticide resistance monitoring sites are located.

Great work VL Côte d’Ivoire and Niger!