Faith Leaders Promote Uptake of IRS amidst COVID-19
August 12, 2020 8:16 pm
PMI works with a wide range of partners including faith-based organizations for desired health outcomes In Northern Uganda’s Otuke District, faith leaders are heeding the call to fight malaria. Reverend (Rev.) Jimmy Max Ajon of St. Paul’s Church of Uganda is committed to ensuring that no woman, child or community member
Read MoreEntomologists Take Testing Matters into Their Own Hands
August 5, 2020 6:45 pm
PMI VectorLink Adapts Entomological Tool to Ensure Insecticide Residual Efficacy Testing Continues during COVID-19 When COVID-19 began to ripple across the globe, the Government of Zambia quickly put in place strict lockdown measures to prevent the spread of the virus. In response, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative
Read MoreMoving forward with IRS during Uganda COVID-19 Lockdown
July 24, 2020 5:35 pm
PMI Continues Malaria Control Interventions in Uganda during COVID-19 to prevent further strain on health systems Around the world, countries are grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic while also trying to maintain health services to protect people from life-threatening diseases, such as malaria. In Uganda, where malaria
Read MorePMI Enhances Evidence-Based Decision Making to Prevent Malaria
July 21, 2020 12:03 pm
PMI Pilots Integrated, Global Database with IRS and Entomological Data to Manage and Guide Timely-Vector Control Decisions Insecticide resistance is rising across the globe, threatening the massive gains made in the control of malaria over the past 15 years. These gains can be attributed to the increased use of indoor
Read MoreMaintaining Malaria Prevention in the Face of COVID-19
July 10, 2020 9:29 pm
While the global community responds to the COVID-19 pandemic brought on by the novel coronavirus, the vector control community continues its commitment to fighting malaria. Although this pandemic may have changed the way that we live and work, our commitment to saving lives remains as strong as ever. With support from
Read MorePMI VectorLink Malaria Fighter: Dr. Oliver Lulembo
July 6, 2020 7:49 am
Zambia Dr. Lulembo (front) discusses net distribution with a community in Luapula Province, one of the areas with the highest incidence of malaria. Dr. Oliver Lulembo has dedicated his life to treating and caring for people’s health. From his days as a pediatrician to his work as a public health practitioner, Dr. Lulembo
Read MorePMI VectorLink Photos Place in Abt 2020 Photo Contest
June 26, 2020 2:20 pm
PMI VectorLink Wins 2nd and 3rd Place PMI VectorLink won 2nd and 3rd place in the Abt Associates 2020 Photo Contest. With four photos among the top ten finalists, the photographers helped to further highlight the wonderful work PMI VectorLink is carrying out every day to reduce the burden of malaria. All four photos come
Read MorePMI VectorLink Malaria Fighter: Joséphine Tossa
June 5, 2020 6:09 pm
Cotonou, Benin Joséphine Tossa has spent the past 12 years fighting malaria in Benin on projects supported by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative. As a child growing up in southern Benin’s Mono District, Tossa suffered from malaria more than once and saw many others suffer as well. “After my academic studies,”
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