Imagine a world where no parent loses a child to a mosquito bite. Where economies thrive, unburdened by a preventable and treatable disease. Imagine a world where children grow up healthy, their potential fulfilled.

Every April 25th, the world unites to recognize World Malaria Day. This year, we’re reflecting on "Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world" and how to address the urgent need to help at-risk groups accessing malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment. We spoke with Nzooma Shimaponda-Mataa, Ph.D., medical parasitologist, lecturer and researcher at the University of Zambia, to discuss how we can contribute to a malaria-free future that leaves no one behind.

By Rose Peter, Commercial Head of Vector Control for Southern and Sub-Sahara Africa

Syngenta is excited to sponsor the ninth annual Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) Conference, which is being held Sept. 17-21, 2023, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Industry leaders from across the globe will be assembling to discuss reorienting surveillance and management in the context of emerging threats of disease vectors.

Syngenta, is pleased to announce the submission of its new insecticide, SOVRENTA^®, to the World Health Organization (WHO) Vector Control Product Pre-Qualification program. This novel insecticide will be used as an indoor residual spray for the control of mosquitoes that transmit malaria, a disease affecting millions of people worldwide.

VECTOR CONTROL - Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is established as an effective method of malaria vector control. However, the cost of treating homes is seen as one of the barriers. Finding a way to reduce the cost of spraying, without reducing product efficacy, could go a long way to achieving malaria eradication.

VECTOR CONTROL - Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is a key practice for controlling mosquitoes to help slow the spread of malaria throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

VECTOR CONTROL - Ethiopia is targeting several epidemic-prone districts within the country for focusing their malaria elimination efforts.

The spread of malaria through mosquitoes poses a constant health risk to those who live in susceptible areas such as sub-Saharan Africa, making it critical to keep mosquito populations down. Unfortunately, insecticide-resistant strains of mosquitoes pose a threat to this effort — making it that much more important for vector control teams to be strategic about mosquito control methods.

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to affect people all around the world, it is key not to lose sight of the ongoing challenge of malaria control.