IVCC will participate in the 21st Annual RBM Vector Control Working Group Workshop, taking place 3–5 March 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. This year’s theme, “Vector Control at a Crossroads: Innovating for Impact in a Resource Constrained Era”, reflects the need to sustain progress and drive innovation despite constrained resources.
The annual VCWG workshop convenes the global vector control community to share best practices, review new evidence, and agree on practical next steps across work streams and task teams.
During VCWG, IVCC will convene a dedicated, invite-only workshop with national malaria control programmes under the theme, “Collaboration with countries, a key tool to malaria elimination – updates and uptake of new vector control tools.”
The dialogue will bring together representatives from national malaria control programmes to review the IVCC portfolio and market access updates, and to share progress on the implementation of emerging vector control tools.
IVCC will also convene a safeguarding workshop during the week, reinforcing our commitment to responsible partnership and strong governance across our work.
IVCC will play an active role in shaping the technical discussions at VCWG 2026, with our team contributing expertise across multiple work streams and task teams:
Tuesday, 3 March – Work Stream 1: Enhancing the Impact of Core Interventions
- Christen Fornadel (IVCC) & Ketty Ndhlovu will co-lead Work Stream 1, which will focus on enhancing the impact of core vector control interventions. (14:00-14:05)
- Janneke Snetselaar, VCWG Task Team lead (IVCC), will introduce Task Team 1 on insecticide resistance and resistance monitoring (14:05-14:10), and moderate the panel discussion on maintaining high-quality resistance data in resource constrained settings. Janneke will also moderate a panel and Q&A session on resistance monitoring in resource constrained setting (14:30-15:00).
- Andrew Saibu (IVCC) will introduce Task Team 3 on the Introduction and outcomes of NMP Survey on private sector financing status and bottlenecks (16:30-16:40). Andrew & Jessica Rockwood, VCWG Task Team leads, will also co-moderate discussions under Task Team 3, exploring engagement and mapping private sector partners to support (17:35-18:00).
- IVCC will co-host a poolside cocktail reception with VCWG, offering conference attendees an opportunity to connect and reflect on shared priorities (18:30).
- Tamsin Symons from the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) will present on the impact of vector control over 25 years, highlighting insights from ‘The changing impact of malaria control in Africa 2000-2025’ (09:15-09:30). Further information about this analysis can be found on our website.
