The PMI VectorLink Project: 2021 Highlights
January 3, 2022 3:46 pm
2021 was a busy year for the PMI VectorLink Project. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges associated with it, the project continued to deliver high-quality malaria control interventions. We published articles, malaria fighter profiles, success stories, videos, as well as hosted four webinars to showcase
Read MoreNew Study Sheds Light on Invasive Malaria-Carrying Mosquito's Spread in Ethiopia
December 17, 2021 1:20 pm
The detection of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in the Horn of Africa (HOA) more than 10 years ago has caused growing concern among malaria stakeholders about the invasive vector’s potential to spread malaria and the effect the vector could have on sustaining gains in malaria control in the region.
Read MorePMI VectorLink Malaria Fighter: Sokhna Tall
December 7, 2021 12:59 pm
Senegal Sokhna Tall (right) provides supervision to NIORO district. In 2012, Sokhna Tall joined the U.S. President Malaria Initiative (PMI) Africa Indoor Residual Spraying Project in Senegal. While working as an Assistant Accountant, she became interested in indoor residual spraying (IRS) technical work and began participating
Read MorePMI VectorLink Malaria Fighter: Duartina Francisco
October 29, 2021 4:17 pm
Mozambique Duartina Francisco serves as Country Operations Director and Gender Focal Person for the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) VectorLink (VL) Project in Mozambique. She began working in vector control with the PMI Africa Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) Project in 2012. Duartina holds an MBA in Management
Read MoreITN Champions Aim to Increase Use of Nets
September 29, 2021 2:31 pm
Midwife, Edith Asare with pregnant women during routine antenatal clinic. Credit: Mary Christiana Kwasin Ghana Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are a proven vector control intervention for reducing malaria illness and death. The PMI VectorLink Project supports National Malaria Control Programs (NMCPs) and stakeholders to
Read MorePMI VectorLink Mali’s Collaboration with Local Leaders in IRS Ensures Communities in Bandiagara, Djenne and Mopti Districts are Protected from Malaria
September 13, 2021 7:06 pm2021 IRS Campaign Launch, with Mr Moussa Kamian, Village Chief of Soufouroulaye, June 7, 2021 (Mopti District) The COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge public health workers implementing malaria interventions across the globe. In Mali, ongoing civil unrest added to those challenges, putting critical vector control
Read MorePMI VectorLink Published Paper Explores New Ways to Reduce Burgeoning Costs of Vector Control to Fight Malaria
September 10, 2021 7:02 pm
Findings in Northern Ghana show partial wall spraying in IRS retains efficacy in killing the mosquito species known to spread malaria. Photo taken in Bunbuna, Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District, Northern Region, Ghana. Photo by: Sylvester Coleman New findings from the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) VectorLink Project
Read MorePMI Collaborates with Communities to Beat Malaria
August 20, 2021 12:09 pm
The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) VectorLink Project collaborates with national and local governments to identify, study, and record where malaria-transmitting mosquitoes live, how they feed, when they rest, and the density of their population. In Kenya, PMI trained community health volunteers on how
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