Malaria vector larval source management was implemented with great success in the early-20th century, amongst other impacts strongly contributing to enabling the construction of the Panama Canal. Then we moved to DDT, and finally we embraced bednets (and partly IRS). Given our struggles to breach residual malaria and reach Elimination, is it time to once again embrace larval source management more enthusiastically?

Facilitator -

• Dr. Leo Braack, Co-Chair of APMEN Vector Control Working Group, and Senior Vector Control Specialist from Malaria Consortium.

Speakers/Panellists -

• Kallista Chan, PhD candidate, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine;
• Ravindra Jayanetti, Former District Programme Manager, Anti Malaria Campaign, Sri Lanka;
• Dr. Susanta Kumar Ghosh, Former Scientist G and Head, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, India.

There were 489 registrations from 62 countries for this event, of which 217 individuals from 42 countries attended the webinar