Ivcc

IVCC is a Product Development Partnership (PDP) investing donor funds in R&D to overcome barriers to innovation in vector control. Vector control, through LLINs and the use of IRS has been instrumental in cutting global malaria mortality rates by half since 2000. Current insecticides are compromised by insecticide resistance, the impact of which is reaching a tipping point. Lack of market incentive for independent com. development, coupled with the risks associated with public health product development, means that the role of the wider public health community in sustaining the development process is essential. Since 2008, research-based agrochem. companies have provided access to their chem. libraries, with 4.5 million chem. compounds reviewed for activity against public health vectors. After a evaluating 27 classes of chem. and several major synthesis programs, nine compounds from five chem. classes have been identified as having potential for vector control use. Within the next year, three compounds will be promoted to full development, providing a suite of new chem. tools to support the malaria elimination and eradication agenda. Multiple classes of insecticide with different modes of action will facilitate vector control IRM in line with the WHO Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management (GPIRM), reducing the risk of insecticide resistance developing in the future. Success in protecting people with IRS and LLINs means that the focus of future development will also be on eliminating outdoor transmission of insect-borne disease. Using the Expert Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) model, in partnership with industry know-how, has been highly effective for the discovery and development of novel vector control solutions

Our ACS Student Affiliates Chapter at I.V.C.C. has a long and rich history of involvement in the community. During National Chamistry Week, there were hands on activities for daycare children and their parents, on-campus demos for students and faculty, and a pHun chem. show for the public sponsored by the Joliet Section. In order to interest children in science at an early age, we also perform "Wonder Science" and "pHun Chem." programs for area grade schools. In addition, we have continued our River′s Project, helped judge science fairs at junior high schools, and organized a Christmas party for needy children. The preceding programs have been made available through support from I.A.G., C.I.S.A., and local chem. industries.