Our Commitment to Saving Lives April 25th is World Malaria Day, and while the global community responds to the COVID-19 pandemic brought on by the novel coronavirus, it is vital that the vector control community continues its commitment to fighting […]
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Malaria Fighter: Jean-Pierre Rucakibungo
Kigali, Rwanda Jean-Pierre Rucakibungo, Senior Finance and Administration Manager, oversees all the financial, accounting, and compliance aspects for PMI VectorLink Rwanda. Born and raised in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali, Rucakibungo is fluent in English, French, Swahili and Kinyarwanda and […]
Read MorePMI VectorLink Study Published in Scientific Reports
Impact of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl (Actellic 300CS) on entomological indicators of transmission and malaria case burden in Migori County, western Kenya A study conducted by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative VectorLink Project (the follow-on project to the PMI […]
Read MorePMI Assists Ethiopia along Journey to Self-Reliance in IRS
PMI Support Goes beyond Targeted-Districts In 2017, more than 1.5 million cases of malaria were reported in Ethiopia with an additional 1 million cases estimated to have occurred, according to the World Health Organization World Malaria Report 2019. Although Ethiopia’s […]
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Field-Based Mobile Data Collection in Burkina Faso Helps Improve Spray Coverage Indoor residual spraying (IRS), proven to reduce the burden of malaria, entails spraying the interior walls and ceilings with an insecticide that kills malaria-carrying mosquitoes. IRS requires high-quality data […]
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