US celebrates strides in fight against malaria, commits to partnership with Nigeria

Blueprint reporrs that the five-year, $7.8 million President’s Malaria Initiative VectorLink project, implemented in close partnership with the government of Nigeria, provided technical expertise for surveillance of organisms that host malaria-causing parasites and insecticide resistance monitoring across Nigeria.

The USAID PMI-VectorLink project supported routine vector surveillance in six states and insecticide resistance monitoring in 16 states, including five non-PMI focus states:FCT, Enugu, Bayelsa, Kaduna, and Rivers, to support vector control decisions.