Innovative Vector Control Consortium Explained

The Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) is a not-for-profit, product development partnership (PDP)[1] [2] designed to facilitate the development and delivery of new and improved vector control[3] tools to prevent malaria and other neglected tropical diseases. Their mission is to save lives, protect health, and increase prosperity in areas where disease transmitted by insects is endemic.

Formation and Organisational Structure

The Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) is a not-for-profit public-private partnership that was established in 2005.[4] IVCC is registered as a charity in the UK. IVCC was founded in 2005, through a grant to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. IVCC was founded by LSTM Director and Professor Janet Hemingway.[5]

Nick Hamon is the Chief Executive Officer of IVCC.[6] IVCC is headquartered in Liverpool, UK,[7] but also has a registered office and staff in Washington, D.C., USA, as well as staff based in several other countries. The strategy and scope of IVCC is directed by its core team under governance of the Board of Trustees who represent a wide range of expertise.[8]

Strategy

The IVCC vision is to save lives, protect health and increase prosperity in areas where disease transmitted by insects is endemic.[9] The IVCC mission is to do this by building partnerships that create innovative solutions to prevent the transmission of insect-borne disease.[10] IVCC facilitates the development and delivery of novel and improved vector control tools[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] and solutions to combat the rapidly growing problem of insecticide resistance.[16]

The IVCC strategic plan is focused on three key pillars: developing, delivering, and enabling. IVCC works with multiple stakeholders[17] to develop and deliver novel public health vector control insecticides and tools to end-users to support the implementation of robust insecticide resistance management plans.[18]   This will enable national malaria control programs [19] to access a strong portfolio of new vector control solutions[20] developed by stringent target product profiles.

Although primarily focused on malaria,[21] IVCC recognises that new tools and products can be effective against a wide range of other vector-borne diseases.[22]

Funding

IVCC was originally funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with a grant of $50.7 million over five years,[23] the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation continues to fund IVCC today.[24] IVCC is also principally funded by UKaid,[25] USAID,[26] Unitaid,[27] The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation,[28] The Global Fund[29] and the Australian Government.[30]

Partners

IVCC has active partnerships with agrochemical companies, non-governmental organisations, governmental organisations, and academia.  IVCC's primary industrial partners include BASF, Bayer,[31] Mitsui,[32] Sumitomo and Syngenta.[33] Additional IVCC partners include Abt Associates,[34] Imperial College London,[35] The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,[36] Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,[37] PATH,[38] PMI, The Global Fund,[39] Tagros, Vestergaard Fransden[40] and Westham.[41]

Malaria Eradication

IVCC fully supports the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's report 'From Aspiration to Action' which sets out a comprehensive and achievable strategy for malaria eradication by 2040.[42] ZERO by 40 [43] is an initiative that works side by side with other malaria-fighting organisations toward the goal of ending the disease for good by the year 2040.[44] For its part, ZERO by 40 focuses on the prevention of malaria through vector control. Founding partners of the initiative include IVCC and key global Crop Protection companies BASF, Bayer, Mitsui, Sumitomo, and  Syngenta, in conjunction with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[45] ZERO by 40 is a collaborative effort to manage and optimise current resources and innovate new vector control tools to help eradicate malaria.[46] [47] [48]

Successes

IVCC has made great strides toward achieving its mission and has recorded many key accomplishments to date. A sample of these accomplishments include:

Notes and References

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  5. Web site: Bill Gates donates £31m to Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine for malaria research. Echo. Liverpool. 2010-11-22. liverpoolecho. 2019-03-19.
  6. Web site: Dr Nick Hamon to succeed Professor Janet Hemingway as CEO of IVCC. LSTM. en. 2019-03-19.
  7. Web site: IVCC – Overview (free company information from Companies House). beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. en. 2019-03-19.
  8. Web site: Annual reports IVCC. www.ivcc.com. 2019-03-19.
  9. Web site: WHO World malaria report 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121013102/http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/world-malaria-report-2018/en/. dead. November 21, 2018. WHO. 2019-03-19.
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  12. Web site: BASF introduces first new class of public health insecticide for malaria prevention in more than 30 years. www.basf.com. en-GB. 2019-03-19.
  13. Web site: BASF and IVCC announce cooperation for next generation products for Malaria Control malaria.lshtm.ac.uk. malaria.lshtm.ac.uk. 2019-03-19.
  14. Web site: Bayer announces WHO pre-qualification for Fludora™ Fusion to combat malaria. www.vectorcontrol.bayer.com. 2019-03-19. 2020-08-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808210225/https://www.vectorcontrol.bayer.com/talking-vector-control/2018/12/bayer-announces-who-pre-qualification-for-fludora-fusion-to-combat-malaria. dead.
  15. Web site: Syngenta announces a new malaria insecticide entering early development phase. www.syngenta.com. en. 2019-03-19.
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  17. Web site: World Malaria Summit 2018. www.vectorcontrol.bayer.com. 2019-03-19.
  18. Web site: A new insecticide to be used to fight malaria. Unitaid. en-US. 2019-03-19.
  19. Web site: WHO About the WHO Global Malaria Programme. https://web.archive.org/web/20100317004435/http://www.who.int/malaria/about_us/en/. dead. March 17, 2010. WHO. 2019-03-19.
  20. Web site: New vector-control response seen as game-changer. www.who.int. en. 2019-03-19.
  21. Book: 0-393-31008-6. The Malaria Capers: More Tales of Parasites and People, Research and Reality. Desowitz. Robert S.. 1993. W.W. Norton .
  22. Web site: Vector Control. LSTM. en. 2019-03-19.
  23. Web site: IVCC Develops New Public Health Insecticides. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. en. 2019-03-20.
  24. Web site: Awarded Grants. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. en. 2019-03-20.
  25. Web site: UKAID grant supports next generation anti-malaria insecticides development IVCC. www.ivcc.com. 2019-03-20. 2015-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20151007134304/http://www.ivcc.com/news-and-media/news/ukaid-grant-supports-next-generation-anti-malaria-insecticides-development. dead.
  26. Web site: Research and Innovation. 2018-04-26. www.usaid.gov. en. 2019-03-20. 2019-02-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190208224720/https://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/global-health/malaria/research-innovation. dead.
  27. Web site: Unitaid Annual report. Unitaid Annual report. en. 2019-03-20.
  28. Web site: Funders IVCC. www.ivcc.com. 2019-03-20.
  29. Web site: What's new about the New Nets Project?. en. 2019-03-20.
  30. Web site: IVCC Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security. indopacifichealthsecurity.dfat.gov.au. 2019-03-20. 2019-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20190309104526/https://indopacifichealthsecurity.dfat.gov.au/ivcc. dead.
  31. Web site: World Malaria Summit 2018. www.vectorcontrol.bayer.com. 2019-03-19.
  32. Web site: Malaria No More Post event. Malaria No More. en-gb. 2019-03-19.
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  34. Web site: PMI AIRS Partners with IVCC and UNITAID to Combat Malaria with New Insecticides. Abt Associates. 3 February 2016 . en. 2019-03-19.
  35. Web site: Insecticide resistance. Imperial College London. en-GB. 2019-03-19.
  36. Web site: Novel mosquito net to combat insecticide resistance recommended by World Health Organization. LSHTM. en. 2019-03-19.
  37. Web site: IVCC – Sustainable Capacity for Africa Vector Control Research and Product Development. LSTM. en. 2019-03-19.
  38. Web site: Saving lives with new insecticides to fight malaria — a photo story. UNITAID. 2017-05-04. Medium. 2019-03-19.
  39. Web site: The New Nets Project in partnership with the Global Fund. Unitaid. en-US. 2019-03-19.
  40. Web site: Insecticides: Researchers probe creative ways to kill mosquitoes Financial Times . 2023-08-15 . www.ft.com.
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  43. Web site: ZERO by 40 – Eradicate Malaria by the Year 2040. Zero by 40. en-US. 2019-03-20.
  44. Web site: Our goal: A world free of malaria by 2040. www.basf.com. en-GB. 2019-03-20.
  45. Web site: Bill Gates Is Pouring Another $1 Billion Into the Fight Against Malaria. Fortune. en. 2019-03-20.
  46. Web site: BASF joins. 2018-04-23. Sustainable Brands. en. 2019-03-20.
  47. Web site: Zero by 40 Commitments.
  48. Web site: Bayer commits to provide innovative vector control solutions to help eradicate malaria by 2040 – Bayer News. media.bayer.com. 2019-03-20.
  49. Web site: Ghana PPP pilots breakthrough insecticide to fight mosquito resistance. 2018-07-10. Devex. 2019-03-20.
  50. Web site: Trial sites and insectaries IVCC. www.ivcc.com. 2019-03-20.
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