Celebrating PMI VectorLink Madagascar’s Winning Innovation

For this week’s Monday Motivation, we’re sharing PMI VectorLink Madagascar’s Innovation Competition win at the Society for International Development – United States’ Annual Conference. A video of the full presentation can be found here: Innovation Competition Showcase | Sponsored by Accenture | SID-US 2023 Conference – YouTube

Larval Source Management (LSM) Lead, Kerri-Ann Guyah presented on behalf of the team, delivering a compelling and informative presentation on “Drone Technology for Malaria Vector Control.” She highlighted the collaborative effort of VL Madagascar and NMCP in using drones to spray larvicide in rice fields as a complementary vector control tool in Madagascar. After the presentation, Kerri-Ann fielded questions on the challenges the team faced and on what’s next for this activity.

The VectorLink team was one of five teams competing in the Innovation Challenge. At the closing session, the Innovation Competition sponsor shared that the judges as well as the audience agreed that PMI VectorLink Madagascar’s innovation earned the win!

Congratulations again to the PMI VectorLink Madagascar Team and Kerri-Ann for highlighting our work in such an important forum.