Innovative Vector Control Consortium

The Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) is a product development partnership that develops new insecticides for vector control and researches ways to use existing pesticides more effectively.[1] IVCC was established in 2005[2] and became registered as a nonprofit in 2008.[1] Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is the parent company of IVCC.[3]

Partnerships and work

IVCC has partners across both public and private sectors, including in industry and academia, and with funders, non-governmental organizations, and nonprofits.[4]

IVCC has partnered with NGenIRS and Innovation to Impact as well as with companies including Syngenta.[5]

IVCC has also partnered with the Armed Forces Pest Management Board to discuss improvements to indoor residual spraying as well as devising new methods of vector control.[6]

IVCC also funds the Malaria Decision Support System project in Malawi.[7]

IVCC also funds other projects that focus on malaria and dengue control.[8]:151

Organizational structure

Funding

IVCC was originally funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a grant of $50.7 million over five years.[1]

In 2010 the Gates Foundation awarded a grant of $50 million for IVCC to continue its work.[2]

IVCC has also been funded by UKaid, USAID, the Swiss Agency for Development, UNITAID, and Wellcome Trust.[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Useful Links to Organizations, Institutions and Events". Malaria Nexus. Elsevier. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "IVCC Develops New Public Health Insecticides". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Financial Statements". IVCC. 2015.
  4. ↑ "Our partners". IVCC. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Industry". IVCC.
  6. ↑ Jennifer Knapp, Michael Macdonald, David Malone, Nicholas Hamon and Jason H. Richardson. "Disruptive technology for vector control: the Innovative Vector Control Consortium and the US Military join forces to explore transformative insecticide application technology for mosquito control programmes".
  7. ↑ Andrea M. Rehman, Mike Coleman, Christopher Schwabe, Giovanna Baltazar, Abrahan Matias, Irina Roncon Gomes, Lee Yellott, Cynthia Aragon, Gloria Nseng Nchama, Themba Mzilahowa, Mark Rowland, Immo Kleinschmidt (April 29, 2011). "How Much Does Malaria Vector Control Quality Matter: The Epidemiological Impact of Holed Nets and Inadequate Indoor Residual Spraying".
  8. ↑ Vector-Borne Diseases: Understanding the Environmental, Human Health, and Ecological Connections, Workshop Summary (Forum on Microbial Threats). National Academies Press. 2008.
  9. ↑ "Dr Nick Hamon". IVCC.
  10. ↑ "Prof Janet Hemingway". IVCC.
  11. ↑ "Funders". IVCC. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
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