Nambunga et al || Wild Populations of Malaria Vectors Can Mate Both Inside and Outside Human Dwellings researchsquare.com/article/rs-474…

📢Congrats to Ismail NAMBUNGA & team on paper describing innovative combination of complementary field & semi-field studies that provide new evidence that major African malaria vectors mate inside houses as well as outdoors. Textbooks will need an update! doi.org/10.1186/s13071…

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A few years ago, we began testing these mosquito-repellent sandals with my friend Sangoro, several other colleagues at Ifakara Health Institute and Prof. Alvaro Eiras' lab at UFMG in Brazil; ~ Great technology, worth revisiting. Target was both travellers (and tourists) and locals

Your malaria risk increases with decrease in altitude, not abundance of larval habitats journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

Ifakara and Oxford Scientists Describe a New Malaria Vaccine Candidate with Particularly Strong Immune Responses in African Infants. ~ RH5 is a potential antigen for a Plasmodium falciparum vaccine. A trial in Bagamoyo, Tanzania tested its safety and immunogenicity on adults,

#IASC2023 Day 2️⃣: Engaging panel on malaria elimination! Fredros Okumu , Dr. Abdulla, Dr. Dunstan Bishanga , Dr. Mwangoka & Patrick Kachur sparked electric discussions on challenges and the path ahead. The panel weighed in on human-centered approaches to prevention and early detection

#IASC2023 DAY 3️⃣: Session on Mentorship and Career Development🌟 Distinguished panelists Fredros Okumu, Dr. Wilson, Dr. Mtenga, Dr. Abdullah & Prof Gerry Killeen shared invaluable insights on how scientists can grow professionally and compete on global platforms. 🌐📚 Each

#IASC2023 DAY 3️⃣: Insights into leadership in science Prof Gerry Killeen gave a very engaging talk titled "The subtle art of herding cats: Cultivating cadres of expert leaders who are individually independent but nevertheless collaborate and learn together as effective teams."

#IASC2023 DAY 3️⃣: Vector control in Tanzania through the lens of gender! Ampuriire Patience delved into the unique biological and cultural challenges faced by male and female scientists, she uncovered recommendations for inclusive scientific progress. 🌟 >>

Why we didn’t get a malaria vaccine sooner worksinprogress.co/issue/why-we-d… by Saloni et al

Mathematical modelers at #PAMCA2023 Imagine when all their neurons fire together 🤯 #leadership #modeling #vectorcontrol

🗣️Fascinating #PAMCA2023 talk on insecticide resistance monitoring of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes in Tanzania 🇹🇿 🦟 Joel Odero, PhD stresses "the importance of having consistent data because you see how it changes over time. This species doesn't have that kind of data." (Yet.)

🗣️ "Anopheles funestus is a major malaria vector in sub-Saharan Africa known for its significant resistance to insecticides." Joachim Nwezeobi presents at #PAMCA2023 on how #genomics is exploring the population structure of this species across the continent.

🦟🌍 PAMCA2023: Ifakara walks “the zero-malaria” talk The PAMCA, Africa conference in #Addis, Ethiopia 🇪🇹reached its third day, featuring a series of enlightening presentations. Speakers included Dr. Sarah Moore who stressed the importance of enhanced insecticide testing for

BREAKTHROUGH: WHO recommends for use malaria vaccine evaluated by Ifakara 💉 The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially recommended for use a new malaria vaccine that Ifakara Health Institute was involved in conducting its clinical trials from 2021-2022 to prevent malaria infections in children. The

Gay Mosquitoes 🦟? ~ Interesting observation this night from the VectorSphere at (Ifakara Health Institute) a few hours ago by my colleagues Emmanuel Hape & Joel D Nkya . Context: Observations of the mating behaviour of some malaria mosquitoes. Two males copulating.... ~ First I

Just wrapped up an incredibly fruitful grant writing bootcamp with brilliant minds of ihi.

🦟🚫 Cabo Verde receives World Health Organization (WHO) Malaria-Free certification! This is a huge achievement for this island nation and provides a beacon of hope to other countries in Africa to pursue the elimination journey 💪 Read Cabo Verde's fascinating story ow.ly/ZO4k50QqhGf

Surveillance doesn't pause 4 barriers. We move, adapt and conquer b'coz every delay risks lives #mosquitoes