Explore videos that discuss vector control methods and techniques in the areas of entomology, epidemiology, operations, M&E, environmental compliance, gender and social and behavior change.
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The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative Fights Malaria in Malawi and Helps Keep Kids in School
When kids fall sick from malaria, they often miss weeks of school and can easily fall behind in their learning. In 2017, many of the children in Malawi’s Nkhotakota District were contracting the disease three times a year. Children sick that often can easily slide into malnutrition. Find out how the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative VectorLink Project protected more than 500,000 people in Malawi and is helping kids stay in school and learn. -
PMI Protects the Most Vulnerable from Malaria
Malaria is the deadliest disease in Malawi, killing an average of 8 people a day, and sickens thousands more every year. For those with HIV and compromised immune systems, the disease is extremely dangerous. In 2018, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative’s VectorLink Project brought indoor residual spraying back to Malawi after a six-year absence to help reduce the burden of malaria. The results have been amazing. -
PMI Helps Zanzibar to Reduce Malaria to Less Than 1%
In 2006, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) began providing assistance to the Government of Zanzibar in indoor residual spraying (IRS) to kill the mosquitoes that transmit malaria. On this archipelago off the coast of East Africa, IRS has helped to reduce the prevalence of malaria from 35% to less than 1%. The PMI Africa Indoor Residual Spraying Project (AIRS), implemented by Abt Associates, is assisting the Government of Zanzibar in IRS and entomological monitoring and surveillance in efforts to eliminate the disease. -
Tackling Malaria: Entomology is the Key
The PMI AIRS Project studies the behavior of mosquitoes carrying malaria to help determine the best type of insecticide to use in indoor residual spraying. PMI AIRS is building the capacity of local entomologists to tackle this deadly disease. -
Equal Work, Equal Opportunity in Malaria Prevention
The President’s Malaria Initiative Africa Indoor Residual Spraying (PMI AIRS) Project promotes gender equality, improving women’s economic opportunities while protecting people from malaria. -
Community Engagement: The Key to Malaria Prevention
AIRS works with community leaders to educate the community about how indoor residual spraying prevents malaria. Information, education, and communication campaigns are conducted using radio, village meetings, discussions with mothers at antenatal clinics, and door-to-door visits to increase acceptance of indoor residual spraying. Communications campaigns are critical because at least 80% of households must accept indoor residual spraying for the program to be effective at preventing malaria. Watch the video to learn more.
AIRS Project is funded by the USAID-led President's Malaria Initiative and implemented by Abt Associates. -
Mobile Application Ensures Safe Malaria Prevention Campaign
The USAID-funded Africa Indoor Residual Spraying has developed a mobile application that makes environmental compliance assessments of indoor residual spraying operational sites fast and easy. The site assessment checklist is pre-loaded onto a smartphone to ensure that all environmental compliance aspects of each operational site are inspected. -
Fighting Malaria in Ghana: Recycling Gives Insecticide Bottles New Use
In Ghana, AIRS is using a new insecticide packaged in plastic bottles. Instead of burning or burying the empty insecticide bottles at the end of the spray campaign, AIRS worked with a local organization to recycle them. Now plastic bottles from the indoor residual spraying program have been turned into paving blocks. Watch the video to learn more.
AIRS Project is funded by the USAID-led President's Malaria Initiative and implemented by Abt Associates. -
Women Take Charge in Malaria Prevention
AIRS promotes women's participation in the fight against malaria, providing them leadership opportunities in indoor residual spraying. Learn how one women in Benin is leading the way to bring about lasting development results for women and communities. -
Armed in Malaria Prevention: Entomological Monitoring in the Africa Indoor Residual Spraying Program
An integral part of AIRS is robust entomological monitoring, enabling entomologists to identify which mosquitoes carry malaria, the feeding and resting habits of the vector, the quality of spraying, as well as insecticide resistance. -
Piloting community-based IRS in Ethiopia
In 2012, AIRS piloted a new approach to indoor residual spraying (IRS)—instead of leading operations at the district level, AIRS trained 39 health extension workers from 20 villages to lead IRS from their community health posts. The community-based IRS shows promise for reducing the cost and increasing the sustainability of IRS. Watch the video to learn more. -
Shipping Container Becomes Laboratory for Malaria Prevention Program
Indoor residual spraying program implementers depend on entomological research to test if insecticide sprayed on walls of homes is indeed killing malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. In a mere three weeks, the USAID-funded Africa Indoor Residual Spraying team turned a 40-by-8-foot shipping container into an insectary equipped for breeding, rearing, and testing mosquitoes. By not incurring the expense of buying land and renovating a building, the insectary-in-a-box cost less than US$20,000. -
How to Build a Mobile Soak Pit
New training video provides environmental compliance officers a step-by-step guide to building a mobile soak pit. Developed by AIRS, the innovative mobile soak pit increases efficiency and improves environmental safety of IRS in remote areas. -
Reducing the Burden of Malaria: How Indoor Residual Spraying Works in the PMI AIRS Project
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Reducing the Burden of Malaria: How Indoor Residual Spraying Works (Francais)
AIRS How IRS Works animation - French version -
Fighting Malaria Requires Local Support - AIRS in Senegal
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Saving Lives from Malaria in Madagascar
In 2008, the President's Malaria Initiative began supporting indoor residual spraying in Madagascar to prevent malaria. In 2014, PMI expanded its reach to include coast communities in the eastern part of the country, which suffers from typhoons, flooding and high incidences of malaria. Communities welcomed the IRS campaign and joined in the fight to improve their lives. Watch here to learn about one community's story and the impact IRS has had on their life. -
PMI AIRS Is Saving Lives in Madagascar FRENCH
In 2008, the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) began supporting indoor residual spraying (IRS) in Madagascar to prevent malaria. In 2014, PMI expanded its reach through The PMI Africa Indoor Residual Spraying (AIRS) Project to include coast communities in the eastern part of the country, which suffers from typhoons, flooding and high incidences of malaria. Communities welcomed the IRS campaign and joined in the fight to improve their lives. Watch here to learn about one community's story and the impact IRS has had on their life.