Information on pesticide procurement, safe use of pesticides, cost effectiveness and relevant multilateral environmental agreements help the user to select the appropriate method for vector control. Guidelines on selecting appropriate quality equipment for vector control are also provided.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- Stockholm Convention - Stockholm Convention website [accessed 2022]
- WHO - Guidelines for procuring public health pesticides [2012]
- WHO - Guidelines for Malaria [2022]
- WHO - Pesticides and their application for the control of vectors and pests of public health importance [2006]
- WHO - Manual for monitoring insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors and selecting appropriate interventions [2022]
- WHO - Endectocide and ectocide products for malaria transmission control: Preferred product characteristics [2022]
- WHO - Equipment for vector control: Specification guidelines: Second edition [2018]
- FAO / WHO : Guidelines on licensing of public health pest control operators [2015]
- Stockholm Convention/UNEP - Toolkit for sound management of DDT for disease vector control [2020]
- World Bank - Health Costs and Benefits of DDT Use in Malaria Control and Prevention. [2012]
- WHO - Malaria Vector Control: Decision making criteria and procedures for judicious use of insecticides [2003]
- WHO - Demonstrating Cost Effectiveness and Sustainability of Environmentally Sound and Locally Appropriate Alternatives to DDT for Malaria Vector Control in Africa [2017]
- WHO - Guidelines for laboratory and field testing of molluscicides for control of schistosomiasis [2019]
- WHO / FAO : International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management: Guidance on management of household pesticides [2020]
- World Bank - Operational framework for strengthening human, animal and environmental public health systems at their interface [2018]
- OECD - Pesticide compliance and enforcement [accessed 2022]
- FAO / ILO : Protect children from pesticides! A visual facilitator’s guide [2015]