Engaging Women in Vector Control – Virtual Keystone Symposia. On October 1, 2019, The PMI VectorLink Project participated in a live virtual event in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, covering the topic of Engaging Women in Vector Control. The event highlighted […]
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Building Capacity One Insectary at a Time
The PMI VectorLink Project Helps Establish Sierra Leone’s First Vector-Borne Disease Insectary and Laboratory. In the West African country of Sierra Leone, 100 percent of the population is at risk of contracting malaria. Despite the country’s incredible progress in reducing […]
Read MoreClosing the Entomology Gap in Zambia
PMI VectorLink Trains Government on Morphological Identification of Anopheles Vectors. The PMI VectorLink Project recently conducted a one-week training for Zambia’s government environmental health technicians (EHTs) in entomological monitoring and morphological identification of Anopheles mosquitoes, the vector which carries the […]
Read MorePMI VectorLink Protects the Most Vulnerable from Malaria
Malaria is the deadliest disease in Malawi, killing an average of 8 people a day, and sickening thousands more every year. For those with HIV and compromised immune systems, the disease is extremely dangerous. In 2018, the U.S. President’s Malaria […]
Read MoreGift Wants to Be A Police Officer
The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative Fights Malaria in Malawi and Helps Keep Kids in School When kids fall sick from malaria, they often miss weeks of school and can easily fall behind in their learning. In 2017, many of the […]
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