Public Health
Public Health - A Core Activity for IRAC
Public Health is one of the 3 Core Activities of IRAC which has recently been re-established by the forming of a new Public Health Team in 2006. Information related to this area is given under the various tabs and panels but additional details may be available to IRAC Company Members when logged into the website.
Group Leader: Mark Hoppe, Syngenta
IRAC Public Health News
IRAC Promotes IRM at NPMA & BCPC
IRAC poster displays at the National Pest Mangement Association (NPMA) PestWorld Trade Show in Florida and the British Crop Protection Council Exhibition in Glasgow were well recieved by all visitors to the booths. At the NPMA the focus was IRM and Public Health with a general overview of IRAC act...read more
New Vector/ Public Health IRM Manual
The publication of the manual is in response to the increasing need for effective vector control with the development of widespread resistance to key insecticide classes used in this sector. It is aimed at decision makers and operators in the field of insect vector control in a pragmatic rather t...read more
Links to Further Information
Artticle: A challenge for effective vector control- Importance of IRM for Vector Control (2006)
- IRM Manual for Vectors, 2006
- Poster on IRM for Public Health (2007)
- Presentation from K. Aultman, August 2006
- Presentation from P. Guillet, August 2006
- Presentation from R. Nauen, August 25th 2006
- Vector IRM Strategies - Mexico Trial
Links to WHO Information
General overview page on Malaria
RBM Partnership Working Group for Scalable Malaria Vector Control (WIN)
Integrated vector management (IVM)
Indoor residual spraying (IRS)
Insecticide-treated materials (ITNs)
Vector Resistance Management WHO Publications
WHO Pesticides Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES)
Insecticide resistance (WHOPES)
Insecticide resistance monitoring (WHOPES)
Insecticide resistance mechanisms (WHOPES)
