Collaboration and Capacity Building

This week’s Fist Bump goes out to VL Burkina Faso for their success in engaging and building the capacity of project partners. In January 2021, PMI VectorLink upgraded the VectorLink Collect (VLC) database from the 2.31.10 to the 2.35.1 version, which represents the DHIS2 based database for both IRS and entomology data. The Home Office M&E held two different WebEx training sessions (one in French and one in English) to train all the field teams on the upgraded database. The participants for these WebEx sessions were field M&E managers, database managers, and ento database managers.

Following the training, the VL Burkina Faso M&E team held a training session specifically for the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) staff on the new version of the VectorLink Collect database. The team also used this opportunity to further enhance the NMCP team’s existing knowledge and skills on VectorLink Collect. The participants were especially interested in learning how to create a Pivot table, graphs, and how to use VLC dashboard during an IRS campaign. The new VLC version will help NMCP to better track, monitor, and implement vector control interventions.

As this was not the first time that VL Burkina Faso worked with NMCP (PNLP), both teams have agreed to continue working together to consolidate skills and build capacities in all the different aspects of the project.  

Kudos to PMI Vectorlink Burkina Faso for keeping our partners engaged!