In 35 days, VL protects nearly 2.9 million people with IRS

This week PMI VectorLink marked the end of three successful IRS campaigns! Kudos to VL Madagascar, VL Malawi, and VL Mozambique for your tireless efforts in ensuring protection from malaria. Throughout 2020, all of PMI VectorLink’s country teams have carefully planned their work to ensure we carry out our IRS and ITN campaigns during the pandemic without leaving anyone unprotected. And while these congratulations for completing a campaign may seem like just another day for VectorLink, in fact, it’s quite a feat.

With the final spray days this week, the numbers are preliminary, but let’s take a look:

• In Madagascar, VL sprayed 194,238 structures in the 24-day campaign with a 96.6% coverage, protecting 828,233 people.
• After 30 days of operation in Malawi, the team sprayed approximately 115,000 structures with a 90.3% coverage and 450,000 people protected.
• VL Mozambique covered 361,817 structures over 35 days, protecting approximately 1,619,000 people and achieving 103.3% coverage.

Add those numbers up, and in the past 35 days, VL protected nearly 2.9 million people! Incredible. Congratulations to all the teams! I hope you get some rest and are able to enjoy the holidays! We value you all.