The Pan African Malaria Vector Research Consortium (PAMVERC) was founded in 2008 as a consortium of three African Based insecticide and vector control testing sites. They are located at Moshi and Muheza in Tanzania and in Cotonou, Benin. The individual trial sites have historical collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). PAMVERC was established to bring together unique features of each trial site produced by location of the sites in different ecological regions of Africa. The sites have a spectrum of all the main malaria-transmitting mosquito species in Africa, namely An. gambiae s.s., An. arabiensis and An. funestus, with different resistance status & mechanisms, different levels of malaria transmission intensity and different vector population structures. Within PAMVERC there is opportunity for collaborative research on a broad spectrum of vector control topics ranging from insecticide testing to regional control of malaria.