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IVCC will participate at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine (ASTMH) in Toronto, Canada, taking place between 9th and 13th November.

Visit our booth (#508) to learn about our latest updates and our product development pipeline.

Together with our partners, we look forward to sharing insights on expanding the vector control toolbox and highlighting the importance of integrated approaches for malaria elimination.

MAP lighting talk: latest malaria research

The Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) will share new IVCC-funded research at ASTMH.

Speaker: Tasmin Symons, Model Development Lead, MAP
Session: 36 – Malaria Prevention 1
Date: Monday, 10 November 2025
Time: 3:53 pm
Location: Room 701B

IVCC presenting – Spatial repellents to prevent dengue and malaria: from active ingredient discovery to policy and rollout evaluations

Fred Yeomans, Senior Project Manager at IVCC, will present on enabling the adoption of spatial emanators with multiple active ingredients to strengthen protection against dengue and malaria.

Speaker: Fred Yeomans
Date: Thursday, 13 November 2025
Time: 08:00 am
Location: Convention Centre, Room 803The session will explore how spatial emanators can expand the range of tools available to fight mosquito-borne diseases and improve protection for communities most at risk.

 

If you are interested in spatial emanators and their recent WHO prequalification, you may also want to attend the following sessions. 

Spatial Repellents: A New Frontier in Vector Control

The session, titled “Spatial Repellents: A New Frontier in Vector Control,” will take place on Wednesday, November 12th from 7:00 to 8:45am EST.

The symposium will trace the journey of SC Johnson’s spatial repellent technology from concept to global impact, culminating in its historic inclusion as the first new tool in the WHO vector control toolbox in over a decade. It will highlight real-world effectiveness and lessons learned from deployment across diverse geographies.

Confirmed speakers include leaders from WHO, national malaria elimination programmes, research partners, and SC Johnson:

  • Dr Richard Allan, OBE, PhD, Chair, The MENTOR Initiative
  • Kate Kolaczinski, Senior Advisor, Global Fund Malaria Team
  • Dave Malone, Senior Program Officer, Gates Foundation
  • Margaret McDonnell, Executive Director, United to Beat Malaria, UN Foundation
  • Dr Daniel Ngamije, Director of Malaria and NTDs, WHO
  • Dr Corine Ngufor, CREC/LSHTM Collaborative Research Programme
  • Dr Eric Ochomo, Deputy Director, Kenya Medical Research Institute
  • Dr Nnenna Ogbulafor, Director, Nigeria National Malaria Elimination Programme
  • Tom Putzer, Head, SC Johnson Healthier World Initiative
  • Daniel Ufere, Strategic Partnerships Manager, SC Johnson Healthier World Initiative
The symposium will include Q&A, coffee, and a light breakfast. Registration for ASTMH is required to attend. If you are registered and would like to join, RSVP here: https://forms.gle/DvSnzKxGwH5p1Pp39. Seats are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please visit the ASTMH event website for more information.

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