Strategy

Challenges associated with developing and deploying alternatives to DDT for disease vector control

Goal 1:
Strengthen the base of knowledge available to inform policy formulation and decision making

  • Challenge 1:  Understand and establish the full cost-effectiveness of alternatives compared to DDT (including direct alternatives to IRS interventions as well as other vector control interventions such as ITNs or environmental management)

  • Challenge 2:  Monitor vector resistance patterns across regions and understand vector resistance mechanisms

Goal 2:
Overcome the complexity and cost of deploying alternatives to DDT

  • Challenge 3:  Cover the potential additional cost of using alternatives rather than DDT for disease vector control

  • Challenge 4:  Support in-country decisions regarding the choice of alternatives for disease vector control through the development and implementation of specific tools, guidelines and strategies

  • Challenge 5:  Develop in-country capacity to implement Integrated Vector Management programmes and support cross-sector coordination in deploying alternatives to DDT

Goal 3:
Make available new alternative vector control chemicals

  • Challenge 6:  Bring to market new formulations of existing pesticide classes equally effective as DDT in vector control

  • Challenge 7: Address the issue of barriers to discovery and commercialization and bring to market new active ingredient classes to counter vector resistance in the long term

Goal 4:
Develop non-chemical products and approaches for vector control

  • Challenge 8:  Demonstrate the impact of environmental management across differing locations (e.g. impact on malaria burden, cost effectiveness, scalability) and set the agenda for further research

  • Challenge 9:  Address the issue of barriers to discovery and development of non-chemical alternatives to DDT and set the agenda for further research

The Global Alliance Strategy

 

The strategy of the Global Alliance is to trigger significant action to develop and deploy alternatives to DDT by focusing on:

  • Mobilizing stakeholders around a common agenda to develop and deploy alternatives to DDT for disease vector control;
  • Facilitating stakeholder interactions in order to strengthen and complement existing initiatives and reduce duplication;
  • Identifying and supporting specific opportunities where involvement of actors from diverse cross-sector stakeholder groups is necessary or where a “vacuum” of activities is identified;
  • Encouraging investments to develop and deploy alternatives to DDT for disease vector control;

In a “Members’ Declaration”, the Members of the Global Alliance will document and communicate their current understanding and agreement on goals and challenges to be addressed to develop and deploy alternatives to DDT, and on the required steps to resolve them. To become Members of the Global Alliance, organizations whose purpose or mandate lie within or overlap with the mission of the Global Alliance and professional experts who are committed to the development and deployment of alternatives to DDT will have to agree and to commit to the “Members’ Declaration”.

Goals and challenges

The Global Alliance will cover in parallel four goals and nine challenges to ensure the coordinated implementation of interventions required for each of the challenges. The Global Alliance will need to incorporate in an overall planning exercise the various time horizons and chances of success of all the interventions involved in addressing the whole range of challenges.

Across all the challenges, the Global Alliance will focus on creating a platform structure to assemble stakeholders and on consolidating and disseminating peer-reviewed information regarding the development and deployment of alternatives to DDT and the progress of its members.

Mission

The mission of the Global Alliance is to support the development and deployment of alternative products, methods and strategies to DDT for disease vector control.

Scope of activities

For each specific challenge, the exact scope of activities for the Global Alliance will depend on the nature and magnitude of the current gaps (e.g. types of interventions required, gaps in mandates of existing initiatives, gaps in resources available) and will have to be defined through the establishment of dedicated groups.

Several types of activities can be considered under the umbrella of the Global Alliance including: initiating analyses and facilitating synergies among experts with a view to identifying good practices and developing guidelines, standards or templates for subsequent dissemination; initiating and facilitating research studies; identifying opportunities and actors for pertinent complementary action oriented initiatives and facilitating resource mobilization for such ad-hoc partnerships.

Mission and long term objectives

The mission of the Global Alliance is to support the development and deployment of alternative products, methods and strategies to DDT for disease vector control. It will do so by providing an inclusive global platform for cross-sector dialogue, by supporting existing initiatives and by catalyzing new initiatives or partnerships to stimulate concrete action and to replicate and scale up best practices.

The Global Alliance will work in coordination with the broader malaria control agenda to support the reduction and control of malaria transmission.

Based on the analysis of challenges and on consultation with a wide range of stakeholders, four broad objectives have been identified for the Global Alliance to pursue over its lifetime:

  • Bring together key organizations and stakeholders involved in developing and deploying alternatives to DDT for disease vector control to enhance their collaboration and effectiveness for achieving agreed goals;

  • Facilitate the identification of gaps in existing programmes and catalyze the launch and implementation of pertinent complementary action oriented initiatives;

  • Raise awareness of all stakeholders involved in disease vector control and facilitate their access to peer-reviewed information regarding the status of development and deployment of alternatives to DDT;

  • Monitor the progress towards the development and deployment of alternatives to DDT and share results and recommendations with the community of stakeholders involved in disease vector control.