Research

Five research themes

1. 1

   Insecticide resistance and genetic surveillance

   Ivorian anopheles resist pyrethroids, the backbone of bed nets.

   Bioassays, mapping and molecular biology, from the southern forests to the northern savannahs.

   • Resistance mapped
2. 2

   New control tools

   Where standard tools weaken, solutions must also kill resistant mosquitoes.

   Chlorfenapyr, PBO, sugar baits, lethal house lures and window screening, tested from laboratory to village.

   • The lethal house lure
   • EaveTubes against vector-borne diseases
   • New-generation nets
   • Hut evaluations of nets
   • Attractive targeted sugar baits
   • Insecticide-treated window screening
3. 3

   Transmission and vector biology

   An intervention only makes sense once vectors, seasons and habitats are known.

   Collections, dissections and surveys in the Gbêkê region, Bouaké and rice-growing areas.
4. 4

   Trial methodology

   Trials comparable across sites are the condition for sound decisions.

   Hut design, between-site variability, multi-site meta-analyses.

   • Getting hut design right
5. 5

   From evidence to policy

   Data only matter if they inform a national programme decision.

   Case studies on resistance management and routine data quality.

   • Managing resistance

• Genomic surveillance of Anopheles gambiae in Côte d'IvoireWith PAMCA and MalariaGEN
• Molecular basis of resistance to chlorfenapyr netsRAFT programme, funded by FCDO
• Urbanisation and anopheles longevityRAFT programme
• Species and resistance in Anopheles funestusRAFT programme, South-South exchange
• Nets distributed through schools or mass campaignsFunded by Open Philanthropy · 2025 to 2027