Stories

Mobilizing the Masses Against Malaria

A Collaborative Commitment to Health Helps Rwanda Drastically Reduce Malaria Cases and Related Deaths. Imagine. It is coming toward the end of a stressful week, and you have finally made it home after a long day at work. You remember […]

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Fighting Malaria and Poverty

Kirehe District in Rwanda Thrives as Indoor Residual Spraying Keeps Community Healthy and Malaria-Free. Before the sun meets the sky, indoor residual spraying (IRS) spray operators make their way from their home to the local IRS operations site where they […]

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PMI VectorLink in Rwanda – A Photo Story

Indoor Residual Spraying Doesn’t Just Save Lives, It Changes Them. The U.S President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) VectorLink Project deploys indoor residual spraying (IRS) in Kirehe and Nyagatare District located in Rwanda’s Eastern Province. These districts once carried the highest malaria […]

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It Takes A Village to Fight Malaria

PMI VectorLink Gains Community Support for IRS and Malaria Control Interventions in Uganda. Maria Wamagali is no stranger to malaria and the deepest sorrow it can bring having lost four children to the disease. In fact, in her village of […]

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Why We Fight – World Malaria Day 2019

World Malaria Day is celebrated worldwide on April 25th. It is a day where vector control stakeholders, national malaria control programs, international organizations, and individuals renew their commitments to finally ending this treatable and preventable disease. Malaria continues to claim […]

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