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under compulsory licensing, of generic drugs in the prevention and treatment of
malaria, and resolves to assist developing countries in this regard;
25. Calls upon the international community to support ways to expand access to
and the affordability of key products, such as vector control measures, including indoor
residual spraying, long-lasting insecticide-treated nets and artemisinin-based
combination therapy for populations at risk of exposure to resistant strains of falciparum
malaria in malaria-endemic countries, particularly in Africa, including through
additional funds and innovative mechanisms, inter alia, for the financing and scaling up
of artemisinin production and procurement, as appropriate, to meet the increased need;
26. Welcomes the increased level of public-private partnerships for malaria
control and prevention, including the financial and in-kind contributions of private
sector partners and companies operating in Africa, as well as the increased
engagement of non-governmental service providers;
27. Encourages the producers of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets to
accelerate technology transfer to developing countries, and invites the World Bank
and regional development funds to consider supporting malaria-endemic countries in
establishing factories to scale up production of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets;
28. Calls upon the international community and malaria-endemic countries,
in accordance with existing guidelines and recommendations of the World Health
Organization and the requirements of the Stockholm Convention, to increase
capacity for the safe, effective and judicious use of indoor residual spraying and
other forms of vector control and for quality control measures to ensure conformity
with international rules, standards and guidelines;
29. Urges the international community to become fully knowledgeable about
World Health Organization technical policies and strategies and the provisions in the
Stockholm Convention related to the use of DDT, including for indoor residual
spraying, long-lasting insecticide-treated nets and case management, intermittent
preventive treatment for pregnant women and monitoring of in vivo resistance
studies to artemisinin-based combination therapy treatment, so that projects support
those policies, strategies and provisions;
30. Requests the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s
Fund and donor agencies to provide support to those countries which choose to use
DDT for indoor residual spraying so as to ensure that it is implemented in
accordance with international rules, standards and guidelines, and to provide all
possible support to malaria-endemic countries to manage the intervention
effectively and prevent the contamination, in particular, of agricultural products
with DDT and other insecticides used for indoor residual spraying;
31. Encourages the World Health Organization and its member States, with
the support of the parties to the Stockholm Convention, to continue to explore
possible alternatives to DDT as a vector control agent;
32. Calls upon malaria-endemic countries to encourage regional and
intersectoral collaboration, both public and private, at all levels, especially in
education, health, agriculture, economic development and the environment, to
advance malaria control objectives;
33. Calls upon the international community to support the strengthening of
health systems and national pharmaceutical policies, to monitor and fight against the
trade in counterfeit antimalarial medicines and prevent their distribution and use,
and to support coordinated efforts, inter alia, by providing technical assistance to
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