De la collaboration avec PMI VectorLink à la conduite d'une campagne de pulvérisation intra domiciliaire
April 19, 2023 4:59 pmLire cette histoire en anglais ici. Après quatre ans de collaboration avec l’Initiative Présidentielle des Etats Unis Contre le Paludisme (PMI) pour protéger les populations contre le paludisme dans trois districts sanitaires (Kampti, Kongoussi et Solenzo) au Burkina Faso, le Secrétariat Permanent pour l’Elimination
Read MoreFrom Working with PMI VectorLink to Leading an Indoor Residual Spraying Campaign
April 19, 2023 4:04 pmRead this story in French here. After four years working side-by-side with the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) to protect people against malaria in three health districts (Kampti, Kongoussi, and Solenzo) in Burkina Faso, the Permanent Secretariat for Malaria Elimination (SP/Palu) with the support of a private
Read MoreStrengthening Local Capacity for the Surveillance of Anopheles stephensi in Nigeria
February 24, 2023 9:26 pmDr. Auwal Al-Hassan looking at the structure of an Anopheles stephensi mosquito through a microscope in Ethiopia. Photo credit: Dr. Lazarus Samdi, vector monitoring specialist for PMI VectorLink Nigeria. Dr. Auwal Al-Hassan, a professor and entomologist at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Nigeria, spends his days teaching
Read MoreWomen Leading: Malaria Control at Africa University
February 24, 2023 8:51 pmXuxa Gara and Charmaine Matimba have always been committed to improving health outcomes in Zimbabwe but did not originally plan to work with malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. Thanks to the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) VectorLink project’s capacity strengthening efforts—including the opening of the Malaria
Read MoreLearning from Mosquitoes: Collaborating with Research Institutions in Côte d’Ivoire
February 10, 2023 6:11 pmResearch on mosquitoes helps countries make better decisions about how to prevent and control malaria. The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative partners with Côte d’Ivoire’s National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) to support research institutes that are studying mosquito behavior. As mosquitoes continue to develop
Read MoreRBM Partnership to End Malaria 18th Annual Meeting of the Vector Control Working Group
February 1, 2023 10:10 pmFebruary 6-8, 2023 The RBM Partnership To End Malaria Vector Control Working Group Annual Meeting convenes the global malaria vector control community to exchange best practices and relevant research for current and future malaria vector control operations. This year’s event is taking place at the Moevenpick Ambassador
Read MoreReaching Talibé Children with Mosquito Nets
February 1, 2023 8:46 pmDespite progress in scaling up malaria control interventions, children in Sub-Saharan Africa are still largely impacted by the disease. Gaps in the distribution of mosquito nets are a contributing factor to children’s vulnerability. In Senegal, among the groups often unreached by formal distribution channels are
Read MoreYear in Review: 2022's Best from the PMI VectorLink Project
January 10, 2023 10:11 pmAs we move into 2023, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) VectorLink project is taking a short look back at some of our successes last year. Here are 2022’s best stories on how we partnered with countries to strengthen local ownership of malaria control interventions, reached some of the populations most
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