Regulations
Permethrin-treated mosquito nets and the EU BPR regulatory calendar: what 2026-2028 means for the treated-article category
A plain reference to the EU Biocidal Products Regulation for permethrin-treated mosquito nets through 2026-2028: the active-substance review window, ECHA Candidate-for-Substitution status, and the difference between EU BPR authorisation, WHO prequalification and the WHO vector-control product specification.
Read →WHO refreshes the global baseline for which insecticides still work against mosquitoes
On 11 June 2026 the World Health Organization published updated guidance on discriminating concentrations and methods for monitoring insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors. National malaria and Aedes control programmes use this document to decide which chemistries still work and where pyrethroid resistance has spread.
Read →WHO has the malaria vaccine, the strategy, and the surveillance network. What it does not have is the budget.
The Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly closed on 23 May 2026 with 13 resolutions adopted and no malaria, dengue, chikungunya, vector-borne, mosquito-control, climate-health, R21/RTS,S, PMI/USAID, or Gavi text. The structural story is now clean: the vaccine works, the supply is in place, the wallet to pay for the last mile is empty.
Read →Cyprus just hosted Europe's first mosquito-borne disease summit. Here's why it matters
On 22 June 2026, in Nicosia, the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Cypriot Ministry of Health, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) sat down in the same room for the first time this...
Read →The 2026 World Cup is the first tournament with its own disease command centre
The Health Security Operations Center at Georgetown University opens 1 June 2026, ahead of the World Cup. It is the first time a major sporting tournament has had a dedicated, permanent, multi-jurisdictional infectious-disease command centre purpose-built for it. Mexico's federal preventive advisory lists six vector-borne risks alongside the usual respiratory and food-water hazards.
Read →Burkina Faso suspends Target Malaria's mosquito programme
Target Malaria's gene-engineering programme held Burkinabé approvals from the ANB, ANEVE, the national ethics committee and the host villages. Burkina Faso suspended it in August 2025. The episode shows the gap between a biosafety permit and public acceptance.
Read →The EU Just Removed a "Natural" Repellent Ingredient From Its Approved List
Geraniol has reached the end of its authorisation pathway under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation, not because it was found uniquely dangerous, but because no company funded its defence. The premium "natural repellent" segment loses part of its legal footing, while DEET, icaridin, IR3535 and Citriodiol remain approved. What it means for the products on your shelf, and why physical barriers sit outside the chemical review cycle entirely.
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