Managing Insecticide Resistance Starts with Entomological Monitoring & Surveillance Since the launch of the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) in 2006, malaria control interventions across sub-Saharan Africa have scaled up dramatically, resulting in a significant decline in malaria burden. From […]
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PMI VectorLink Study Published in Malaria Journal
The PMI VectorLink manuscript “susceptibility testing of Anopheles malaria vectors with the neonicotinoid insecticide clothianidin; results from 16 African countries, in preparation for indoor residual spraying with new insecticide formulations” was recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, Malaria Journal on August 1, […]
Read MoreMobile Data Collection for Rapid Decision Making
PMI VectorLink Burkina Faso is our first IRS country to pilot and implement mobile data collection by the Spray Operator at the household level. 547 Spray Operators collected IRS data on tablets across all the VL Burkina Faso spray districts! […]
Read MoreGender Success in Ghana
PMI VectorLink Promotes Safety and Inclusion of Women in the Workplace. Warihana Amadu, a native of Gushegu in the Northern Region of Ghana, is a site manager and among many women who have been able to secure leadership positions on […]
Read MoreReducing Costs and Expanding Coverage
PMI VectorLink Rwanda Goes Beyond the Call to Action to Protect More People from Malaria. Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is one of the most effective vector control interventions that kills malaria-carrying mosquitoes by spraying insecticide on walls, ceilings and other […]
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