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What protects we prove it

Vector Control Product Evaluation Centre of Institut Pierre Richet, Bouaké. Nets, insecticides, baits, housing interventions, we measure what really works against mosquitoes.

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It all starts on a mesh

Under the WHO cone, insectary-reared mosquitoes meet the net under test. Susceptible and resistant strains, the difference shows within hours.

Cone, tunnel, tube and bottle bioassays

A real night a real hut

At M'bé, near Bouaké, our experimental huts reproduce local homes. Wild mosquitoes enter through the eaves and meet the product, and every morning the team collects, counts and scores them.

M'bé experimental hut station

Then whole villages

When a tool passes the hut test, we evaluate it at community scale, through cluster-randomised trials with entomological and epidemiological follow-up. The lethal house lure was evaluated this way.

Sternberg et al.The Lancet2021

Resistance mapped

We track the kdr and Ace-1 mutations that let anopheles survive insecticides, from the southern forests to the northern savannahs of Côte d'Ivoire.

Wolie et al.PLOS ONE2025Map points are illustrative

Co-authors in 41 countries

United Kingdom, United States, France, Benin, Switzerland, Tanzania, Burkina Faso… Our trials feed international research and malaria recommendations.

Centre publicationsOpenAlex

Data WHO can use

The centre is certified compliant with the OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice, one of five certified African facilities in the IVCC network.

SANAS certificate G0039June 2023 to June 2028

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Nearly thirty years of evaluation in Bouaké

The Institut Pierre Richet centre tests mosquito control tools, from the laboratory to whole villages.

Institut Pierre Richet · National Institute of Public Health

Logo du VCPEC, Vector Control Product Evaluation Centre, Institut Pierre Richet, Bouaké
first evaluations for WHO at Institut Pierre Richet
1997
WHO WHOPES programme
scientific articles published by the team
96
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countries of co-authors
41
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OECD GLP certification valid until June
2028
SANAS certificate G0039

In the field

Community meetings, household surveys, participant follow-up. The centre's teams work closely with communities.

The VCPEC-IPR team gathered outdoors, in white t-shirts
The VCPEC-IPR team
Community meeting led by a team member in a classroom
Community meeting
Two field workers fill in forms in front of a house
Household survey
Follow-up interview with a household, seated in a yard
Participant follow-up
Hands on survey forms on a wooden table
Survey forms
Centre staff in vests standing with a family in front of their home
With families

What we evaluate

Seven product families, tested from the laboratory to the village.

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How a study works

A typical path, from first contact to the prequalification dossier.

  1. 1The request

    You describe the product, its active ingredient and the target stage. A kick-off meeting sets objectives, deliverables, timeline and contacts.

  2. 2The protocol

    A study plan in line with WHO guidelines, approved by the centre and by you before work starts.

  3. 3The GLP study

    A study director runs it under quality assurance oversight. You are kept informed at every stage, deviations included.

  4. 4The report

    Results, statistics, deviations and quality assurance statement, reviewed by the study director, quality assurance and management.

  5. 5The dossier

    Data ready for WHO prequalification and regulators. The efficacy module of the dossier brings together laboratory, semi-field and field studies.

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Landmark work

Trials that moved malaria control forward.

All projects
The Lancet · 2021The lethal house lureHomes that lure mosquitoes in and kill themLearn more
Central Côte d'IvoireNew-generation netsChlorfenapyr or PBO versus pyrethroid-onlyCôte d'IvoireResistance mappedMutations tracked from region to region

A certification that opens WHO's doors

Data produced under the OECD Principles of GLP, recognised by regulators and prequalification programmes.

SANAS G0039 · June 2023 to June 2028

Our quality approach
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An international network

Partners

The centre's researchers

Meet the team
Portrait of Dr Raphaël N'Guessan

Head of the centre, test facility manager

Dr Raphaël N'Guessan

The centre is headed by Dr Raphaël N'Guessan, a medical entomologist affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Medical entomology, insecticide resistance, evaluation of control tools

128 published articles in total, including 47 with the centreAll publications

  • Dr Alphonsine A. KoffiVector biology, resistance, hut and community trials
  • Dr Ludovic P. Ahoua AlouNet evaluation, malaria transmission
  • Dr Rosine Z. WolieVector genetics and biology, resistance surveillance
  • Dr Soromane CamaraHut trials, sugar baits, infected mosquitoes
  • Dr Welbeck A. OumboukeLethal house lure, EaveTubes, mosquito behaviour
  • Dr Innocent Z. TiaCulex in Bouaké, semi-field trials
  • Dr Serge-Brice AssiCluster-randomised trials, malaria epidemiology
  • Dr Marius G. ZohResistance mechanisms, net coverage

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The centre on screen

Reports and interviews broadcast by television channels and the centre's partners. Each video plays right here when you click it.

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Pr Raphaël N'Guessan warns about insecticide resistance

Canal Ivoire · March 2026 · 7:50

  • RAFT project, the results workshop of Institut Pierre Richet and VCPEC

    Canal Ivoire · March 2026 · 3:02

  • Mosquito resistance, a new health challenge in Côte d'Ivoire

    Canal Ivoire · March 2026 · 5:01

  • Eave tubes and nets for the people of Béoumi

    Zéro Paludisme en Côte d'Ivoire · October 2023 · 3:53

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