Items from FAOPMA, NPMA, WHO/PAHO, ECDC and other pest-management bodies.
Pest Magazine reported on 16 September 2026 that the British Pest Control Association spoke with MPs and chemical-industry representatives at a Chemical Business Association reception in the Palace of Westminster.
FAOPMA’s news page of 18 March 2026 said the federation had just run an online termite-management class, bringing together nearly 500 practitioners in the region. A May 2026 item on the same page says the Skilltech programme drew more than 500 people from 28 countries.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s communicable-disease threat report for week 39 (19–25 September 2026) shows the mosquito-borne disease season still under way in several countries.
The British Pest Control Association published research on how local councils in the United Kingdom provide or refer pest-control services for residents.
The British Pest Control Association introduced a new online course on environmental risk assessment (ERA) for rodenticide use, following the process of the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU UK).
Dengue situation update No. 754 (17 September 2026) from the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific shows cases in Vietnam and Cambodia much higher than the year before.
The National Pest Management Association published its Bug Barometer for autumn–winter 2026, saying a warmer-than-usual autumn could extend activity of several pests.
According to Cambodia’s National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, the country recorded 52 malaria cases last year, down 84% from 2024, and aims for elimination certification in 2030.
Cases were 57% lower than the same period in 2025, but dengue was still widespread. The case-fatality ratio was 0.032%, with 521 deaths.
According to NPMA, bill S. 2398 would provide a further USD 150 million through fiscal year 2030 for tick surveillance, pathogen research, and training of public-health entomologists.
NPMA members receive a quarterly economic forecast using industry indicators such as employment, wages and the number of operating locations.
A WHO certification mission worked in Bhutan from 23 August to 1 September 2026 after three consecutive years (2022–2025) with no indigenous malaria. Bhutan also launched a 2026–2030 plan against re-establishment.
The August 2026 update from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control records dengue in more than 90 countries and territories. The total is lower than the same period in 2025.
FAOPMA’s annual conference is being held in New Zealand for the first time, co-hosted by PMANZ and AEPMA, with a focus on technology, sustainability, climate and regulatory change.
WHO chose that theme for World Malaria Day on 25 April 2026. In 2024, 610,000 people died of malaria even though several new tools are available.
The Pan American Health Organization issued an epidemiological alert as chikungunya rose from late 2025 and returned to places that had not had local transmission for years. PAHO asks countries to prepare and to remove mosquito breeding sites.
From more than 223,000 cases in 2006, Timor-Leste has had no indigenous malaria since 2021 and is the third country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to be certified.
