Representing at VCWG

After a successful showing at the RBM Partnership’s Vector Control Working Group’s annual meeting last week, it’s only fitting that those who represented PMI VectorLink so well get a Fist Bump.

The project’s ambassadors in Ghana included Angie Sanchez, Brad Longman, Matt Kirby, Joseph Chabi, Sheila Ogoma, Yemane Yihdego, Jane Miller, Keith Esch, Sarah Burnett, Edem Obum, and Prince Owusu.

We had four oral presentations! Highlighting some of our ITN work on day one, Keith presented on the physical and insecticidal durability of new ITNs; and Ketty Ndhlovu, principal ITN officer for Zambia’s NMEP, shared why some countries have scaled up school-based distribution, others have not, and subsequent recommendations. On day two, Joseph spoke about assessing the entomological impact of our larval source management pilot in Madagascar, where we’re using aerial spraying with drones in two districts; and Edem talked about applying a standardized, molecular entomology data labeling system in Ghana to effectively integrate into central DHIS2 database.

Also representing VectorLink were Sheila Ogoma, who co-leads Work Stream 2 of VCWG and facilitated the session on innovations in vector control and vector surveillance; and Sarah Burnett, who contributed to the development of the new “Practical Checklist for using routine data to measure vector control impact” and presented that with other colleagues on the task force.

We also had six posters displayed at the event, and all together, these efforts clearly demonstrated the breadth of work that VectorLink does in advancing vector control.

Congrats to all on the great work being done and to our VCWG ambassadors for sharing these successes on such a large scale.