Rolling Out the Red Carpet in Kenya

When the Ambassador calls, VectorLink responds. Last month, US ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter visited one of VectorLink Kenya’s field sites in Sumba Village, Migori County, where the project conducts mosquito surveillance activities. During the visit, the entomology team demonstrated how mosquitoes are collected to monitor the impact of IRS in Migori and Homa Bay counties. VL Kenya showed the Ambassador the CDC-light trap, wall bioassays, pyrethrum spraying catches (PSC) and the Furvela tent trap. The Ambassador praised VectorLink Kenya for reducing the risk of malaria to more than 2 million people in the two counties, particularly children under the age of 5 years and pregnant women, and urged the team to continue the great job.

While a visit from the U.S. Ambassador is not an everyday event, many of the country programs are graced with such visits. However, VL Kenya went the extra mile by creating a wonderful video that captured not only the visit but the entomology work of the project. Watch the video of the visit here.

Congrats to the VL Kenya team for showcasing the project so well!