ISNTD Bites 2021 : LEVERAGING COMMUNITIES FOR VECTOR CONTROL This was recorded as part of ISNTD Bites 2021 our annual vector control and disease surveillance meeting - the full session can be found here; https://youtu.be/NguGeDdFX9w Farmer perceptions and willingness to pay for novel livestock pest control technologies: A case of tsetse repellent collar in Kwale County in Kenya Dr Beatrice W. Muriithi (Social Science and Impact Assessment Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, ICIPE, Kenya) Communities, art and science to tackle vector-borne diseases: the case of the Mediterranean island of Procida Prof Marco Salvemini (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) DengueChat: A Social and Software Platform for Community-Based Arbovirus Vector Control Prof James Holston (University of California, Berkeley, Social Apps Lab) and Dr Josefina Coloma (University of California, Berkeley)

Dr Ayman Ahmed (Sudanese National Academy of Sciences and the University of Khartoum) presents "The threat of the invasive An. stephensi in the African region and lessons for vector control policy" as part of the following session at ISNTD Bites 2021, the conference by ISNTD on vector control: "From vector surveillance to vector control policies", with presentations and a panel discussion with the following speakers: "The threat of the invasive An. stephensi in the African region and lessons for vector control policy" [Dr Ayman Ahmed (Sudanese National Academy of Sciences and the University of Khartoum)] ​"Unmanned aerial vehicle mapping to tackle dengue outbreaks in a rural community in Northern Coastal Ecuador" [Dr Gwenyth Lee (School of Public Health, University of Michigan)] "Molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases using microchip technology" [Kenny Malpartida-Cardenas (Digital Diagnostics for Africa Network)] Recorded on October 27th 2021 online at ISNTD Bites 2021, the annual meeting by the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases on vector control and neglected tropical diseases. https://www.isntd.org/isntd-bites-2021

"Urbanisation, the Built Environment and Vector Control" is an online session as part of the annual ISNTD Bites conference by the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases on vector-borne diseases and vector control, and explores the complex and important interplay between the built-environment, urban planning and the control of vectors and the diseases they carry. The session looks at and emphasises the important cross-sector collaborations needed to accelerate positive health outcomes in urban settings. The session includes the following presentations and speakers: Accelerating action on urban health: renewed collaboration between WHO and UN Habitat Dr Nathalie Laure Roebbel (Department of Public Health, Environmental, and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organisation) and Dr. Graham Alabaster (Urban Basic Services Branch, UN-Habitat) Vector-borne diseases in towns and cities Dr Fiona Shenton (BOVA Network and Durham University) The role of urbanisation in the spread of Aedes mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit Prof Olaf Horstick (Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases and Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany) Recorded on October 27th 2021 online at ISNTD Bites 2021 https://www.isntd.org/isntd-bites-2021

"Leveraging communities for vector control", session at ISNTD Bites 2021. With presentations and a panel discussion - full session : https://youtu.be/NguGeDdFX9w Farmer perceptions and willingness to pay for novel livestock pest control technologies: A case of tsetse repellent collar in Kwale County in Kenya Dr Beatrice W. Muriithi (Social Science and Impact Assessment Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, icipe, Kenya) Communities, art and science to tackle vector-borne diseases: the case of the Mediterranean island of Procida Prof Marco Salvemini (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) DengueChat: A Social and Software Platform for Community-Based Arbovirus Vector Control Prof James Holston (University of California, Berkeley, Social Apps Lab) and Dr Josefina Coloma (University of California, Berkeley) Recorded on October 27th 2021 online at ISNTD Bites 2021, the annual meeting by the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases on vector control and neglected tropical diseases. https://www.isntd.org/isntd-bites-2021

ISNTD Bites 2020 Panel - Genomics & proteomics: new horizons towards vector control • Dr. Tom Schmidt (Research Fellow In Entomological Bioinformatics, University of Melbourne): Genomic signatures of invasion and insecticide resistance in Indo-Pacific Aedes mosquitoes • Dr. Kevin Maringer (School of Biosciences and Medicine, University of Surrey): Studying arbovirus-vector interactions by proteomics Chairperson: Kamran Rafiq Director & Co-Founder ISNTD

ISNTD Bites 2021 : LEVERAGING COMMUNITIES FOR VECTOR CONTROL This was recorded as part of ISNTD Bites 2021 our annual vector control and disease surveillance meeting - the full session can be found here; https://youtu.be/NguGeDdFX9w Farmer perceptions and willingness to pay for novel livestock pest control technologies: A case of tsetse repellent collar in Kwale County in Kenya Dr Beatrice W. Muriithi (Social Science and Impact Assessment Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, ICIPE, Kenya) Communities, art and science to tackle vector-borne diseases: the case of the Mediterranean island of Procida Prof Marco Salvemini (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) DengueChat: A Social and Software Platform for Community-Based Arbovirus Vector Control Prof James Holston (University of California, Berkeley, Social Apps Lab) and Dr Josefina Coloma (University of California, Berkeley)

"COVID19 & VECTOR CONTROL", session at this year's ISNTD Bites 2021, the annual conference by ISNTD on vector control and vector-borne diseases. Presentations and Q&A with the following panellists: "COVID19 and impact on global vector control strategies" Dr Raman Velayudhan (World Health Organisation) "The COVID-19 pandemic should not derail global vector control efforts" Dr Frederik Seelig (The Global Vector Hub, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) ​Recorded online on 27 Oct 2021 at ISNTD Bites 2021. https://www.isntd.org/isntd-bites-2021

"Leveraging communities for vector control", session at ISNTD Bites 2021. With presentations and a panel discussion with the following speakers: Farmer perceptions and willingness to pay for novel livestock pest control technologies: A case of tsetse repellent collar in Kwale County in Kenya Dr Beatrice W. Muriithi (Social Science and Impact Assessment Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, icipe, Kenya) Communities, art and science to tackle vector-borne diseases: the case of the Mediterranean island of Procida Prof Marco Salvemini (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) DengueChat: A Social and Software Platform for Community-Based Arbovirus Vector Control Prof James Holston (University of California, Berkeley, Social Apps Lab) and Dr Josefina Coloma (University of California, Berkeley) Recorded on October 27th 2021 online at ISNTD Bites 2021, the annual meeting by the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases on vector control and neglected tropical diseases. https://www.isntd.org/isntd-bites-2021

UPDATES ON INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE Insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti from Tapachula, Mexico: Spatial variation and response to historical insecticide use Francisco Solis and Dr Rosa Patricia Penilla Navarro (Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Mexico) [in Spanish with translation by Dr Saúl Lozano, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and Colorado State University)] Deltamethrin resistance in Chagas disease vectors colonizing oil palm plantations: implications for vector control strategies in a public health-agriculture interface Dr Johan Manuel Calderón (Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical CIMPAT, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia) Recorded online on Oct 27th 2021 at ISNTD Bites 2021 https://www.isntd.org/isntd-bites-2021

"From vector surveillance to vector control policies", session at ISNTD Bites 2021. With presentations and a panel discussion with the following speakers: The threat of the invasive An. stephensi in the African region and lessons for vector control policy Dr Ayman Ahmed (Sudanese National Academy of Sciences and the University of Khartoum) ​Unmanned aerial vehicle mapping to tackle dengue outbreaks in a rural community in Northern Coastal Ecuador Dr Gwenyth Lee (School of Public Health, University of Michigan) Molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases using microchip technology Kenny Malpartida-Cardenas (Digital Diagnostics for Africa Network) Recorded on October 27th 2021 online at ISNTD Bites 2021, the annual meeting by the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases on vector control and neglected tropical diseases. https://www.isntd.org/isntd-bites-2021

Dr Gwenyth Lee (School of Public Health, University of Michigan) presents work using "Unmanned aerial vehicle mapping to tackle dengue outbreaks in a rural community in Northern Coastal Ecuador" as part of the following session at ISNTD Bites 2021, the conference by ISNTD on vector control: "From vector surveillance to vector control policies", with presentations and a panel discussion with the following speakers: "The threat of the invasive An. stephensi in the African region and lessons for vector control policy" [Dr Ayman Ahmed (Sudanese National Academy of Sciences and the University of Khartoum)] ​"Unmanned aerial vehicle mapping to tackle dengue outbreaks in a rural community in Northern Coastal Ecuador" [Dr Gwenyth Lee (School of Public Health, University of Michigan)] "Molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases using microchip technology" [Kenny Malpartida-Cardenas (Digital Diagnostics for Africa Network)] Recorded on October 27th 2021 online at ISNTD Bites 2021, the annual meeting by the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases on vector control and neglected tropical diseases. https://www.isntd.org/isntd-bites-2021

Kenny Malpartida-Cardenas (Digital Diagnostics for Africa Network & Imperial College London) presents "Molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases using microchip technology" as part of the following session at ISNTD Bites 2021, the conference by ISNTD on vector control: "From vector surveillance to vector control policies", with presentations and a panel discussion with the following speakers: "The threat of the invasive An. stephensi in the African region and lessons for vector control policy" [Dr Ayman Ahmed (Sudanese National Academy of Sciences and the University of Khartoum)] ​"Unmanned aerial vehicle mapping to tackle dengue outbreaks in a rural community in Northern Coastal Ecuador" [Dr Gwenyth Lee (School of Public Health, University of Michigan)] "Molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases using microchip technology" [Kenny Malpartida-Cardenas (Digital Diagnostics for Africa Network)] Recorded on October 27th 2021 online at ISNTD Bites 2021, the annual meeting by the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases on vector control and neglected tropical diseases. https://www.isntd.org/isntd-bites-2021

Overview of local and global vector control response and dengue strategy • Dr. Rajpal S. Yadav (World Health Organisation): The implementation of the Global Vector Control Response (2017-2030) • Dr. Romeo Bellini (Centro Agricoltura Ambiente "Giorgio Nicoli"): Management of Aedes albopictus in Southern Europe • Dr. Somia Iqtadar (Dengue Expert Advisory Group / King Edward Medical University Pakistan): Vector control activity tracking system • Dr. Raman Velyudhan (World Health Organisation): Global strategy for dengue prevention and control 2021-2030 Chairperson: Kamran Rafiq Director & Co-Founder ISNTD

Built environment, vector control and disease prevention • Dr. Fiona Shenton (BOVA Network Facilitator, based at Durham University): Built environment and vector control • Babar Bhatti (Green Earth Recycling Pakistan): From plastic waste to disease-proofing the built environment • Nnadi Emmanuel Ebuka (Swansea University, Chevening Scholar): Snake control and snakebite prevention Chairperson: Kamran Rafiq Director and Co-Founder ISNTD

Ministries of Health Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines join us at ISNTD Bites 2020 to discuss the impact of Covid19 and the age of pandemics on their vector control response to Dengue outbreaks. Also they gave backing for our World Dengue Day campaign which is asking the WHO and UN to ratify an official stand alone World Dengue Day - please help us by signing and sharing our petition https://www.change.org/p/world-health-organization-make-world-dengue-day-a-reality ASEAN Panel: dengue in the age of pandemics, a new era • Dr. Siti Nadia Tarmizi (Director for Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health Indonesia) • Dr. Rose Nani Mudin (Head of Vector Borne Disease Sector, Ministry of Health Malaysia) • Dr. Norielyn M. Evangelista (Program Manager, National Dengue Prevention and Control Program) Chairperson: Kamran Rafiq Director and Co-Founder ISNTD

Neglected epidemics, global cooperation and the future of vector control • Pr. Alfonso Javier Rodriguez-Morales (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia and President, Committee on Travel Medicine, Pan-American Infectious Disease Association): Dengue and COVID-19: Overlapping epidemics in Latin America • Pr. Thomas Weitzel (Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile): Mites & Bites: an update from Chile • Dr. Claire Heath (Stanford University School of Medicine): Evidence of transovarial transmission of Chikungunya and Dengue viruses in field-caught mosquitoes in Kenya - implications for future outbreak risks

Insecticide resistance: challenges & solutions Presentations and panel discussion with; • Rafi ur Rahman (Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle de Artrópodes Vetores, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz): Insecticide resistance in Pakistan • Dr. John Christian Hustedt (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine / Malaria Consortium): Use of pyriproxyfen in control of Aedes mosquitoes, a systematic review • Beth Poulton (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine): Automated phenotyping of mosquito larvae enables high-throughput screening for novel larvicides and smartphone-based detection of larval insecticide resistance Chair: Kamran Rafiq ISNTD Director and Co-Founder

At the ISNTD Bites 2017 conference, Dr. Julian Entwsitle from IVCC speaks about current partnerships and innovations in development at IVCC to tackle future challenges in vector control, including the development of future insecticides. Dr. Entwistle also lists some of the main gaps currently in vector control. Recorded on July 18th 2017 at the Institute of Child Health, London.

At ISNTD Bites 2017, Dr. Waleed Al-Salem speaks about the current landscape of prevalence and infection for NTDs in Saudi Arabia as well as the recent efforts to establish a Centre for NTDs in Saudi Arabia and for the Middle Eastern region.