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From the Lab to the Field, PMI Equips Local Partners to Fight Malaria

January 27, 2022 2:43 pm

Across the globe, scientists, health professionals, and governments struggle to secure adequate funding to study and fight infectious diseases. While COVID-19 remains one of our greatest disease threats, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on the global health community to maintain malaria prevention services

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

New 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.

PMI 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

PMI 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

ITN 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

PMI 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 pm

2021 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

PMI 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

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Success Stories

From the Lab to the Field, PMI Equips Local Partners to Fight Malaria

The PMI VectorLink Project: 2021 Highlights

New Study Sheds Light on Invasive Malaria-Carrying Mosquito's Spread in Ethiopia

PMI VectorLink Malaria Fighter: Sokhna Tall

PMI VectorLink Malaria Fighter: Duartina Francisco

ITN Champions Aim to Increase Use of Nets

PMI VectorLink Mali’s Collaboration with Local Leaders in IRS Ensures Communities in Bandiagara, Djenne and Mopti Districts are Protected from Malaria

PMI VectorLink Published Paper Explores New Ways to Reduce Burgeoning Costs of Vector Control to Fight Malaria

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