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Raphaël N'Guessan, PhD
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Expertise

What he can do for a manufacturer, a national programme or a funder. Each area of expertise rests on his published work.

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Areas of expertise

Six areas, each backed by his articles or by a certification. Article counts update with each new publication.

  1. 01

    Experimental hut trials

    Designing and running experimental hut trials, the WHO reference for measuring what a net or an insecticide does to wild, free-flying mosquitoes.

    31 articles in this areaMost cited, Experimental hut evaluation of bednets treated with an organophosphate (chlorpyrifos-methyl) or a pyrethroid (lambdacyhalothrin) alone and in combination against insecticide-resistant Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes. (2005, cited 108 times)
  2. 02

    Nets and new insecticides

    Evaluating long-lasting nets, new chemistries such as chlorfenapyr, PBO or pyriproxyfen, and indoor residual spraying, following WHO guidelines.

    71 articles in this areaMost cited, Reduced Efficacy of Insecticide-treated Nets and Indoor Residual Spraying for Malaria Control in Pyrethroid Resistance Area, Benin (2007, cited 548 times)
  3. 03

    Insecticide resistance monitoring

    Measuring how resistant local Anopheles are, from bioassays to kdr mutations and detoxifying enzymes, and what that resistance costs malaria control.

    71 articles in this areaMost cited, Pyrethroid resistance in African anopheline mosquitoes: what are the implications for malaria control? (2010, cited 1,142 times)
  4. 04

    New tools for the home

    Testing the tools that complement the net, EaveTubes, the lethal house lure, attractive sugar baits and screening.

    18 articles in this areaMost cited, Loss of Household Protection from Use of Insecticide-Treated Nets against Pyrethroid-Resistant Mosquitoes, Benin (2012, cited 152 times)
  5. 05

    GLP-certified studies

    Studies run under the OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice at the VCPEC-IPR, one of the five African centres certified in the IVCC network.

    SANAS certificate G0039, June 2023 to June 2028
  6. 06

    Building and training teams

    Setting up a testing site and training its technical team, as he did in Benin from 2003 and again in Bouaké, where he created the VCPEC-IPR.

    CREC Cotonou 2003 to 2015, VCPEC-IPR inaugurated in 2019, twelve master's students supervised

Who it is for

  • Manufacturers

    Testing a net or an insecticide before it is submitted to WHO, in experimental huts and in a GLP-certified laboratory.

  • National programmes

    Knowing which tools still work against the country's resistant mosquitoes before choosing them. He already advises the national programmes of Côte d'Ivoire and Benin.

  • WHO and funders

    Designing multi-site evaluations and giving an expert opinion on trial protocols and results.

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