Partnerships for progress to end preventable disease
Ending malaria and other preventable, treatable diseases requires collective action — we can’t do it alone. The outcomes we can achieve are improved by strategic collaborations with partners, community members, national governments, donors and the private sector, adding to our technical expertise and helping resources go further.
Together, we are reaching those who lack access to essential health services and therefore have a higher risk of contracting illness. We’re protecting women and pregnant women, children under five, remote and hard-to-reach communities, refugees and internally displaced communities, and mobile and migrant populations.
With our partners, we are addressing critical skills gaps, including in disease surveillance, diagnosis and case management. By pooling our resources and sharing our expertise, we are strengthening health system resilience to future threats and moving the dial close to the elimination of malaria and other diseases.
“We extend our heartfelt appreciation to our esteemed partners for their invaluable support in our mission to conquer malaria. Together, we are making a lasting impact in the lives of countless individuals.”
Entomologist examines mosquito larvae in a water container
Entomologist examines mosquito larvae in a water container
Entomologist looks at mosquito larvae in a container of water
Entomologist looks at mosquito larvae in a container of water
Strengthening entomological capacity in Asia Pacific
Malaria and other vector-borne disease programmes across the world are suffering serious shortfalls in entomological capacity. This has a direct impact on reducing cases of disease and reaching elimination milestones. We work with the Asia-Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) Vector Control Working Group (VCWG), which we have co-chaired since 2014, to identify and address critical capacity gaps in vector surveillance and control.
In July 2023, we successfully concluded the fourth Malaria Vector Surveillance for Elimination (MVSE) course, held in Indonesia, which focused on strengthening capacity in vector surveillance techniques through training provided to 25 delegates from five countries in the region. This essential training is facilitating rich peer-to-peer learning and contributing to more effective and sustainable malaria control and elimination strategies in Asia Pacific.
“Entomologists play a key role in the national malaria programme in Papua New Guinea. Having entomologists who have been trained through the MVSE programme means we have people in the National Department of Health who have the knowledge and skills to move our country towards the elimination of malaria and other vector-borne diseases.”
Nurturing the next generation of entomologists: Dr Sylvia Meek Scholarship for Entomology
We continue our bespoke commitment to the next generation of entomologists through our Dr Sylvia Meek Scholarship for Entomology, established in 2016 in memory of one of Malaria Consortium’s founders. Now in its fifth year, the scholarship supports aspiring entomologists from across the world to study at universities in Nigeria, South Africa and Thailand. This programme is nurturing next-generation leaders in this highly important field to advance evidence and thinking on disease prevention, control and elimination.
Sylvia Meek, Co-founder of Malaria Consortium
Sylvia Meek, Co-founder of Malaria Consortium
TechTalks
Through the APMEN VCWG, we are providing the opportunity for critical discussions on vector control and malaria elimination by way of the APMEN TechTalks webinars. This platform for sharing knowledge and discussion is moving global conversations towards strengthened vector control response, tailored to regional and country contexts.
Webinars and virtual courses 2019–2023
4,474
attendees from 109 countries
across 5 continents
7
virtual courses
5
in-person training courses
1,400
field medical entomologists/vector control staff trained
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Strengthening Uganda’s preparedness against arboviral threats (SUPAAT)
We are bolstering Uganda’s defences against arboviruses through the SUPAAT project, through stronger surveillance,
diagnosis, disease response strategies and community engagement. Despite a strong legacy of arbovirus research, Uganda lacks robust systems to protect against the increasing threat of arboviral diseases. Rapid urbanisation is exacerbating this threat, especially in Kampala, where Aedes mosquitoes proliferate in poorly managed water and sanitation conditions. With funding from Malaria Consortium US, we’re working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Uganda Virus Research Institute to deliver training programmes, public awareness campaigns and establish robust surveillance systems that build on existing efforts to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive response that tackle arboviruses head-on.
Attendees at the Cameroon South–South exchange look at mosquito larvae
Attendees at the Cameroon South–South exchange look at mosquito larvae
Attendees at the Cameroon South–South exchange look at mosquito larvae
Attendees at the Cameroon South–South exchange look at mosquito larvae
South-South Exchanges: Partnerships for preparedness
We are strengthening institutional capacity to address the most pressing challenges in the control of Aedes-borne arboviruses, malaria elimination and insecticide resistance. Malaria Consortium is working with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria to organise South-South learning exchanges. Through these exchanges, national vector control programmes and leading researchers are sharing critical technical expertise and exploring replicable strategies for their own contexts.
As part of LSHTM’s Resilience Against Future Threats through Vector Control (RAFT) Research Programme Consortium, funded by UK aid from the UK government, Malaria Consortium organised a South-South exchange in Cameroon in November 2023. (This is the second exchange to take place, following an initial successful exchange in Thailand in 2022.) The exchange harnessed the expertise of vector control specialists from Africa, Asia and Latin America to share critical learning and insights from their own contexts, enabling African countries to optimise limited resources to achieve the greatest impact in the surveillance and control of arboviruses.
In March 2024, Malaria Consortium organised a South-South exchange focused on strengthening malaria surveillance and response, under our role as the secretariat of RBM Partnership’s Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation (SME) Working Group's Surveillance Practice and Data Quality (SP&DQ) Committee. National malaria programme representatives from 11 African and Middle Eastern countries learned about Cambodia’s incredible progress towards malaria elimination. Participants saw first-hand how last-mile approaches can be adapted to remote and mobile populations. This exchange of knowledge and technical expertise is equipping malaria programmes to move their own countries from malaria control towards elimination.
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