Minutes from the Meeting to discuss the preparation of a... developing and deploying alternatives to DDT
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Minutes from the Meeting to discuss the preparation of a business plan for developing and deploying alternatives to DDT Organized by the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention Geneva, Switzerland October 11, 2007 Participation and Presentations 1. The Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention at its third meeting in Dakar, Senegal this year, requested the Secretariat to prepare a business plan to promote a global partnership for developing and deploying alternative products, methods and strategies to DDT for disease vector control. In seeking the views of stakeholders, the Secretariat convened a meeting of representatives from various relevant sectors to discuss the preparation of the business plan. 2. Twenty three persons participated in the meeting (listing shown below). Besides the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, there were representatives from Industry, Research Organizations, Inter-governmental Organizations, Non-governmental Organizations and Party States to the Stockholm Convention. 3. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Fatoumata Ouane, Senior Scientific Officer for the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention and opening remarks were given by Mr. David Ogden, Officer-in-Charge of the Secretariat, Mr. Lucien Manga, Regional Adviser for Vector Biology and Control at WHO-AFRO and Ms. Ellen Tynan, Senior Environmental Specialist at the World Bank. 4. Mr. Lucien Manga presented the global trends in DDT use in which he highlighted the need for local assessment in decision making for disease vector control and used the example of Cameroon where at least one specie of the mosquito malaria vector that was susceptible to DDT remained in certain areas of the country. Mr. Manga concluded that in Africa, Indoor Residual Spraying programmes are expanding and the related use of DDT is therefore also on the increase. He expressed the view that DDT will continue to be a part of malaria control options for many years to come but that the expansion of resistance urgently requires the development of new products. He felt that programmes can still go a long way with tools that are currently available if the necessary technical capacity exists but in any case, current and new tools need to be used as part of integrated vector management strategies. 5. Mr. Paul Whylie presented the mandate provided by the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention for the preparation of a business plan for promoting a global partnership on developing ad deploying alternatives to DDT for disease vector control. He said that the meeting was convened to gain the insight of the various stakeholders on how best to undertake the process of preparing the business plan; to investigate the possibilities for funding and to discuss the initiation of a global partnership that may result from the preparation of the plan. Minutes from the Meeting to discuss the preparation of a business plan for developing and deploying alternatives to DDT Geneva, Switzerland October 11, 2007 Discussion 6. Certain participants questioned the need for a business plan and who would own it. Given the need for a comprehensive attack on vectors using the efforts from all stakeholders, the question was raised if there may not be the need to first establish a partnership or global organization from which a business plan should then emanate. 7. There was thought that alternatives could include measures outside of other chemical insecticides. Consideration was given to whether financial resources may be the limiting factor for eliminating the use of DDT as other insecticides already exist that could replace it in IRS. 8. Some participants felt that capacity building should be a priority as threshold levels of capacity on the ground was a basic requirement for deploying any alternative measure. Others thought that parallel work could be undertaken to include development and deployment of alternatives even as capacity building activities were ongoing. 9. Given the real possibility of complete resistance to DDT becoming a reality, some participants felt that long-term solutions had to be developed to replace DDT and that what was required was the involvement of communities that were affected within the context of an IVM approach. Recommendations 10. The following conclusions were drawn to carry the process forward: (a) The preparation of a business plan is not the appropriate measure for promoting a global partnership on developing and deploying alternatives to DDT; (b) A two-pronged approach for the preparation of relevant papers should be undertaken. Firstly, a background study should be undertaken involving a comprehensive global situation analysis on DDT including the following: √ √ √ √ √ √ √ A regional analysis of DDT use for disease vector control; An analysis of the current efforts globally to control disease vectors especially the mosquito vector for malaria; A compendium of the available alternative products, methods and strategies to DDT use including non-chemical alternatives and the current research work being undertaken to find alternatives; Results of consultation with various stakeholders especially relevant organizations in malaria endemic countries that are involved in disease vector control; A summary of current efforts to combat the malaria vector without the use of DDT; A listing of the involvement in disease vector control of the various stakeholders; A compilation of the barriers and gaps that exist in developing and deploying alternatives to DDT; 2 Minutes from the Meeting to discuss the preparation of a business plan for developing and deploying alternatives to DDT Geneva, Switzerland √ October 11, 2007 The results of dialogue with potential donors and funding agencies to identify their suggestions and concerns for supporting the global efforts on malaria vector control. Secondly, a paper should be prepared that analyses the options for a global partnership that: Uses the information gathered from the first study; Establishes at least three options for having a global partnership for developing and deploying alternatives to DDT and how such a partnership could be created; Includes a set of milestones through which monitoring of the implementation of the options for the strategic plan may be undertaken; Includes a process for stakeholders to interface and continue collaboration over a given time period in the future; Includes the roles of the various stakeholders in the implementation of a strategic plan; Analyses the relative costs involved in implementing each option; Seeks comments from all stakeholders during the preparation of the paper; (c) Subsequent to the preparation of the two documents mentioned above, a wider stakeholders’ meeting should be held prior to the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to seek comments and acknowledgement of the papers prepared. These papers would then be presented to the COP for review and further action. For further information, please contact: Paul Whylie Programme Officer Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention International Environment House 11-13 Chemin des Anémones CH1219 Chatelaine Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 917 8305 Fax. +41 22 917 8098 E-mail. pwhylie@pops.int 3 Minutes from the Meeting to discuss the preparation of a business plan for developing and deploying alternatives to DDT Geneva, Switzerland October 11, 2007 PARTICIPANTS LIST GOVERNMENTS CHINA Mrs. Zhifang Wang Project officer of POPs’ Convention Implementation Office of State Environmental Protection Administration 115 Xizhimen Nanxiaojie Beijing China Tel.: +86 (10) 88 57 75 23 / Fax: +86 (10) 88 577 447 /911 / Email: Wang.zhifang@sepafeco.org.cn; GERMANY Mr Andreas Stadler Technical Advisor, Section Health, Population policy Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Adenauerallee 139-141 53113 Bonn Germany Tel.: +49 (228) 535 32 55 / Fax: +49 (228) 10 535 36 93 / Email: Andreas.Stadler@bmz.bund.de; INDIA Mr. R. S. Sharma Joint Director National Vector Borne Disease, Control Programme Delhi-110054 India Tel.: +99 (11) 23 972 884 / +99 (11) 242 82 98 Fax: +99 (11) 23 96 83 29 / Email: rssharma_namp@yahoo.com; NORWAY Mr Henrik Hallgrim Eriksen Senior Adviser, Pollution Department Ministry of the Environment PO Box: 8013 N-0030 Oslo Tel.: +47 (22) 24 58 39 / Fax: +47 (22) 24 95 63 / Email: Henrik.Eriksen@md.dep.no; SENEGAL Mr Ousmane Faye Professeur, Biologie Animale Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop 5005 Dakar Senegal Tel.: +221 (547) 11 71 / Email: jogomaye@yahoo.fr; fayeo@orange.sn SOUTH AFRICA Mr Phillip S. Kruger Malaria Manager, Malaria Control Programme Department of Health & Social Development, Limpopo Province, South Africa PO Box 33 Tzaneen, Limpopo 0850 South Africa Tel.: +27 (833) 736 444 / Fax: +27 (15) 307 16 83 / Email: malaria_limpopo@yahoo.com; pkruger@dhw.norprov.gov.za SUDAN Mr ElFatih Mohamed Malik Director General, National Malaria Control Programme Federal Ministry of Health NMCP, PO Box: 1204, 011 Khartoum, Sudan Tel.: +249 (183) 77 68 09 / Fax: +249 (183) 770 397 / Email: fatihmmalik@hotmail.com; fatihmalik2000@yahoo.co.uk 4 Minutes from the Meeting to discuss the preparation of a business plan for developing and deploying alternatives to DDT Geneva, Switzerland October 11, 2007 PARTICIPANTS LIST RESEARCHERS Mr. Steve Lindsay Chair in Disease Ecology Durham University, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Science Laboratories South Road UK-DH1 3LE Durham United Kingdom Tel.: +44 (0) 191 334 1349 / Fax: +44 (0) 191 334 1289 / Email: S.W.Lindsay@durham.ac.uk; Sabine.Schindler@durham.ac.uk Mr Clive Shiff Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University 615 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore MD 21205 USA Tel.: +1 (410) 955 12 63 / Fax: +1 (410) 955 01 05 / Email: cshiff@jhsph.edu; Mr. Hendrik Van den Berg Researcher Wageningen University F D Rooseveltstraat 29 9728 RV Groningen Netherlands Tel.: +31 (50) 52 51 855 / Fax: +31 (50) 525 1855 / Email: henk.vandenberg@wur.nl; Mr. Peter Orris Professor and Chief of Service Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago 835 S. Wolcott Street, (MC684) 60612 Chicago, Illinois USA Tel.: +1 (312) 864 55 50 / +1 (312) 446 32 17 Fax: +1 (312) 864 97 01 / Email: porris@uic.edu; NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) GATES FOUNDATION Ms. Kathryn Aultman Senior Programme Officer, Infectious disease Development, Global Health Program Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 1551 Eastlake Avenue 6, PO Box 23350 98102 Seattle Washington USA Tel.: +206 (709) 33 74 / Fax: +206 (709) 31 70 / Email: Kate.aultman@gatesfoundation.org; INDUSTRY CROPLIFE INTERNATIONAL Mr. Mark Birchmore Global Brand Manager, Vector Control, Professional Products Syngenta Vector Control Syngenta Crop Protection AG Schwarzwaldallee 215 4058 Basel Switzerland Tel.: +41 (61) 32 31 190 / Fax: +41 (61) 323 56 08 / Email: Mark.birchmore@syngenta.com 5 Minutes from the Meeting to discuss the preparation of a business plan for developing and deploying alternatives to DDT Geneva, Switzerland October 11, 2007 PARTICIPANTS LIST CROPLIFE INTERNATIONAL Mr. Gerhard Hesse Business Manager Vector Control, Professional Business Unit Bayer Environmental Science S.A.S. 16 rue Jean Marie Leclair, CP 106 69266 Lyon France Tel.: +33 (0) 4 7285 4686 / Fax: +33 (0) 4 7285 4637 / Email: gerhard.hesse@bayercropscience.com; CROPLIFE INTERNATIONAL Mr. Keith Jones Manager, Stewardship and Sustainable Agriculture Croplife International Avenue Louise 143 1050 Brussels Belgium Tel.: +322 (542) 04 10 / Fax: +322 (542) 04 19 / Email: keith@croplife.org; INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOS) WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) Mr Lucien Manga Regional Adviser for Vector Biology and Control WHO Regional Office For Africa PO Box 6 Brazzaville Congo Republic of Tel.: +47 (241) 39338 / Fax: +47 (241) 39512 / Email: mangal@afro.who.int; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) Mr. Pierre Guillet Scientist Global Malaria Programme Vector Control & Prevention World Health Organization 20, Avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Tel. direct: +41 (22) 791 1083 E-mail: guilletp@who.int WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) Ms Stephanie Guillaneux Technical Officer Global Malaria Programme Vector Control & Prevention World Health Organization 20, Avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Tel.: +41 (22) 791 1088 E-mail: guillaneuxs@who.int THE WORLD BANK Ms. Ellen J. Tynan Sr. Environmental Specialist, Environment Department ENVGC, The World Bank Room MC4-101 1818 H Street, NW Washington DC 20433 United States of America Tel.: +1 (202) 4738201 / Fax: +1 (202) 5223258 / Email: Etynan@worldbank.org; THE WORLD BANK Mr. Aziz Lagnaoui, PhD. Senior IPM/IVM Policy Advisor, Environment Department Sustainable Development Network, The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 United States of America Tel.: +1 (202) 458 28 06 / Fax: +1 (202) 5223258 / Email: alagnaoui@worldbank.org; 6 Minutes from the Meeting to discuss the preparation of a business plan for developing and deploying alternatives to DDT Geneva, Switzerland October 11, 2007 PARTICIPANTS LIST UNEP, CHEMICALS BRANCH, DTIE Ms. Agneta Sunden-Bylehn Senior Scientific Affairs Officer Chemicals Branch Division of Technology, Industry & Economics (DTIE), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Enviroment House-I 11-13 Chemins des Anémones CH-1219 Châtelaine/Geneva Switzerland Phone: +41 22 917 81 93 Fax: +41 22 797 34 60 Email: asunden@chemicals.unep.ch UNEP, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY Mr Matthias Kern Senior Programme Officer, POPs UNEP Divison of GEF Coordination (DGEF) P.O. BOX 30552 00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel.: +254 (20) 762 4088 / Fax: +254 (20) 762 4041 / 762 4042 / Email: matthias.kern@unep.org; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION SECRETARIAT Ms. Fatoumata Keita-Ouane Senior Scientific Affaris, Technical Team Leader Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention International Environment House 11-13, chemin des Anémones 1219 Châtelaine Geneva Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 917 81 61 / Fax: +41 22 917 80 98 / Email: fouane@pops.int STOCKHOLM CONVENTION SECRETARIAT Mr Paul Whylie Programme Officer Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention International Environment House 11-13, Chemin des Anémones 1219 – Châtelaine Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 (22) 917 8305 Fax: +41 (22) 917 8098 E-mail: pwhylie@pops.int STOCKHOLM CONVENTION SECRETARIAT Mr. David Ogden Coordinator Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention International Environment House 11-13, chemin des Anémones 1219 Châtelaine Geneva Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 917 81 90 / Fax: +41 22 917 80 98 / Email: dogden@pops.int 7
