PMI Brings IRS Back to Malawi, Protecting Country’s Most Vulnerable In the Southeast African country of Malawi, you would be hard put to meet someone who hasn’t contracted malaria in recent years. In 2017, more than 3,650 Malawians died from […]
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The Village That Sleeps
IRS Success in Burkina Faso Provides Sleep to Once-Weary Community Malaria remains a major public health issue in Burkina Faso as it is endemic throughout the country. Eighty percent of the estimated 19 million residents of Burkina Faso live in […]
Read MoreReduce, Reuse, Repurpose – Environmental Success in Benin
PMI VectorLink Transforms Waste into Resources For the past ten years, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has implemented key vector control interventions in Benin to reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality. Working in partnership with local governments and the National […]
Read MoreForging Partnerships for Progress in Malaria Prevention
PMI VectorLink Collaborates with Liberia NMCP to Build Local Capacity in Entomological Analysis for Vector Control In the West African country of Liberia, the entire population of ~4.85 million is at risk of contracting malaria. As the leading cause of […]
Read MoreWorld Mosquito Day: A Story of Strength and Progress as Told Through Photos
Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito. Alone, this mosquito poses a deadly threat to nearly half of the world’s population, but women and children in sub-Saharan Africa are most at risk. Carrying 80% […]
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