Success Stories

We Do Nets Too!

September 4, 2019 2:08 pm

Integrated vector control for malaria, according to the WHO Guidelines for Malaria Vector Control, requires “rational decision-making for the optimal use of resources for vector control”. For the U.S. President’s Initiative (PMI) VectorLink Project, it involves making vector control decisions—whether to deploy

Johns Hopkins University visits PMI VectorLink Zambia

September 3, 2019 3:10 pm

PMI VectorLink Zambia Boosts JHU Students’ Entomological Skills. The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) VectorLink Zambia team recently hosted a group of Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Master of Engineering students for a three-day hands-on entomological training. As part of their biomedical engineering program,

Ghana’s Community Health Nurses Help Spread the Word about IRS

August 22, 2019 12:52 pm

PMI VectorLink Ghana helps integrate IRS education into government-based health promotion campaigns. Implementing health interventions can prove challenging in countries where a lack of resources poses limitations on what governments can do to help keep communities healthy. Working across 23 countries in sub-Saharan Africa

The PMI VectorLink Approach to Managing Insecticide Resistance

August 15, 2019 5:34 pm

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 2010 to 2017,

PMI VectorLink Study Published in Malaria Journal

August 5, 2019 1:51 pm

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

Mobile Data Collection for Rapid Decision Making

July 12, 2019 3:54 pm

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! The Burkina Faso M&E team worked for months with NMCP and District Health

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

Reducing 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

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Success Stories

We Do Nets Too!

Johns Hopkins University visits PMI VectorLink Zambia

Ghana’s Community Health Nurses Help Spread the Word about IRS

The PMI VectorLink Approach to Managing Insecticide Resistance

PMI VectorLink Study Published in Malaria Journal

Mobile Data Collection for Rapid Decision Making

Gender Success in Ghana

Reducing Costs and Expanding Coverage

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