Gender Success in Ghana
July 12, 2019 2:28 pm
PMI VectorLink Promotes Safety and Inclusion of Women in the Workplace. “I observed and learned the roles and responsibilities of a site manager in the course of previous campaigns. Deep within me, I was confident I would be able to carry these roles out successfully” – Warihana Amadu, IRS Site Manager Warihana
Read MoreReducing Costs and Expanding Coverage
May 29, 2019 4:15 pm
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 indoor resting places of those mosquitoes. Since
Read MoreMobilizing the Masses Against Malaria
May 16, 2019 1:04 pm
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 that today is trash day, but cannot be bothered to separate out your recycling. Saturday
Read MoreFighting Malaria and Poverty
May 14, 2019 7:29 pm
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 gather for a filling breakfast. At 5:30 am, they collect their IRS
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May 14, 2019 3:00 pm
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 burden in the
Read MoreIt Takes A Village to Fight Malaria
May 7, 2019 12:10 pm
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 Busibira in Butaleja District in Eastern Uganda, malaria is one of the leading causes
Read MoreWhy We Fight - World Malaria Day 2019
April 15, 2019 2:28 pm
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 a significant number of lives:
Read MoreA Community Heroine's Sacrifice to Fight Malaria
March 5, 2019 7:01 pm
Lidia Cipriano Shares a Portion of Her Land with Mozambique Government to Help Fight Malaria in Her Community Lídia Cipriano is no stranger to sacrifice, a single mother of two children, she knows well that sometimes sacrifices are made for the health and benefit of family and community. Cipriano lives in Lualua, a village
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