PMI and #TropMed21
The U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) looks forward to participating in the 70th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene virtually. See below for a list of PMI-supported symposia, scientific sessions, and poster presentations. The programming schedule is in the meeting mobile application available from the App Store or Google Play. Follow this link for instructions.
Symposium Sessions
November 18, 2021, 8:00AM - 10:45AM ET Meeting Room 11 Entomological Data to Guide Strategic Deployment of New Types of Insecticide Treated Nets for Control of Pyrethroid Resistant Malaria Vectors. Speakers: Lilia Gerberg, Co-Chair. Richard Oxborough, Symposium Organizer.
November 19, 2021, 10:15AM - 12:00PM ET, Meeting Room 11 Alan J. Magill Malaria Eradication Symposium: Keeping Malaria Eliminations on Track: The Successes and Challenges on the Pathway to Eradication. Speakers: Hear Dr. Raj Panjabi speak alongside Julie Jacobson, Maria Grillet, Corine Karema, Pedro Alonso, Michele Spring. Co-Chair: Philip Welkhoff, Gates Foundation. Symposium Organizer: Michele Spring, AFRIMS.
November 21, 2021, 10:15AM - 12:00PM ET, Meeting Room 7 Implementing Malaria Chemoprevention Campaigns During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Speaker: Kevin Baker, Malaria Consortium.
Scientific Sessions
Thursday, November 18
November 18, 2021, 8:30AM - 8:40AM ET Non-adherence to Infection Prevention and Control Measures for COVID-19 Among Community Health Workers: A Potential Threat to Community Health Programs in Uganda, 2020. Session 6 - Global Health: COVID-19 Meeting Room 5. Speaker: Denis Okethwangu, Makerere University
November 18, 2021, 8:40AM - 8:50AM ET Use of a Portable Field-Adapted Liquid Chromatographic System (C-Vue Machine) to Determine the Quantity of Deltamethrin on Insecticide-Treated Nets Paired with WHO Cone Bioassays to Determine ITN Bioefficacy as Part of a Three-Year Durability Monitoring in Mali. Session 4 - Malaria: Dual Active Ingredients Nets and Durability Meeting Room 3. Speaker: Moussa Cisse, LBMA
November 18, 2021, 3:40PM - 3:50PM ET Geographical Access to Health Facilities and Severe Malaria Among Malaria Positive Children in Rural Areas: Analysis of Household Surveys From 18 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Session 30 - Malaria: Epidemiology II - Improving Access, Meeting Room 3. Speaker: Cameron Taylor, The DHS Program - ICF
Friday, November 19
November 19, 2021, 1:55PM - 2:30PM ET Using source of infection data to target malaria elimination in Thailand. Session 60 - Malaria: Data to Inform and Target Malaria Elimination Strategy, Meeting Room 1. Speaker: Prayuth Sudathip
November 19, 2021, 4:00PM - 5:45PM ET Field Assessment of Quantitative Point-of-Care G6PD Activity Assay - Kampong Speu Cambodia, 2019 - 2020. Session 71 - Malaria: Challenges in Malaria Diagnosis Meeting Room 1. Speaker: Dean Sayre, CDC
Saturday, November 20
November 20, 2021, 8:40AM - 8:50AM ET Natural Wolbachia Detected in Anopheles Stephensi in Ethiopia: Potential for new Vector Control in the Horn of Africa. Session 91 - Mosquitoes Vector Biology Epidemiology I Meeting Room 9. Speaker: Elizabeth Waymire, PMI VectorLink
Poster Sessions
Thursday, November 18, 2021 | Poster Session A
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session A Social Norms, Social Support and Availability are Critical Determinants of Consistent ITN Use by Forest-goers in Cambodia: Implications for SBC Programming From a Respondent-driven Sampling Study. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session A Accelerate Efforts towards Malaria Elimination to Achieve Active Foci Free Status in Ramree Township, Rakhine State of Myanmar. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session A Impact of Community Delivery on Coverage of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Pregnancy in Malawi. See Details
November 19, 2021, 11:00AM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session A Surveillance of Efficacy and Safety of Artemether-lumefantrine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria in Mainland Tanzania. See Details
November 19, 2021, 11:00AM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session A Bioefficacy of Clothianidin and Pirimiphos Methyl in North Western Lake Zone Regions in Tanzania to Control Pyrethroid Resistant Malaria Vectors. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session A Malaria Care-seeking and Treatment Ideation among Gold Miners in Guyana. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session A Supportive Supervision Visits to Identify Gaps in Data Management and Use at the Provincial Level in the Democratic Republic of Congo. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session A Assessing Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) Adherence in Niger Through an Independent Monitoring Survey Using a Randomized Cluster Design. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session A Malaria in Pregnancy and Antenatal Care Knowledge, Attitudes and intervention coverage in Atlantique Department, Benin. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session A Effect of Social and Behavior Change Interventions on Malaria Health Behavior - LLIN Use and Treatment Seeking in Ethiopia. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM, Poster Session A Identifying and Addressing Gaps in the Malaria Elimination Strategy: Active Case Detection in Madagascar, 2020. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session A Effect of COVID-19 on Treatment-seeking Among People Living in Malaria-endemic Area of Coastal Kenya. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session A Limited Impact of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) for Malaria Control in Tanzania 2014 - 2020: A Retrospective Analysis. See Details
November 18, 2021, 22:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session A Increased Preventive Treatment (IPTp) with Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine in Pregnant Women Through the Use of a Monitoring Register: Experience from the StopPalu+ Project in 19 Districts in Guinea. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session A Assessing the Contribution of Active Case Detection to Malaria Elimination in Thailand. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session A Progress Toward Plasmodium Falciparum Elimination in Thailand. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session A The Relationship Between COVID-19 and Perceived Access to Malaria Care in Uganda. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session A Initial Assessment of the Quality of Malaria Surveillance Data in Selected Health Facilities Supported by the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. See Details
November 18, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session A Effect of Mass-distribution Campaign of Insecticide-treated nets and Indoor Residual Spraying on Entomological Measure of Malaria Transmission in Burundi. See Details
November 19, 2021 | Poster Session B
November 19, 2021, 12:00 - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Findings From a Respondent Driven Sampling Survey Care-seeking Behaviors for Febrile Illness Among Forest Goers in Cambodia. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B, Insights on Forest Goer's Experience and Knowledge of Mosquito Repellent in Cambodia, Using Respondent-driven Sampling. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Access, Acceptability and Uptake of an Extended Malaria Services Package for Reaching Underserved Populations of Forest Goers. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Foci Investigation of a Cluster of Malaria Cases in a Single Village in Coastal Myanmar. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Innovative Use of Geospatial Data to Assure High Vector Control Coverage During the Joint IRS and ITN Campaigns in Nchelenge, Zambia, 2020-21. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Malaria in Zanzibar. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B High-resolution Sub-district Stratification of Malaria Risk in Zanzibar. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Biting Behavior of Anopheles Mosquitoes in Zanzibar: Implications for the Malaria Elimination Programme. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Is E-Learning Effective at Improving Knowledge of Malaria Among Health Workers Compared to Traditional Training? Results from a Pragmatic Assessments in Angola, 2020 - 2021. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Strengthening Malaria Surveillance Through Frontline Field Epidemiology Training in the North Region of Cameroon. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy Coverage Estimates from Population-based Surveys: Reliability of Women's Recall Among Women with ANC cards. See Details
November 18, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Optimization of OTSS+ to Improve Malaria Diagnostic Service Delivery in Sierra Leone. See Details
November 18, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Gender Determinants of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy (IPTp) Uptake Within Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) Services in Cameroon and Kenya. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Improving Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy Uptake in Tertiary Referral Hospitals in Ghana Through Facility-based Prevention of Malaria in Pregnancy (MIP) and Quality Improvement Training. See Details.
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Understanding Malaria in Pregnancy Services Delivery Quality in Seven African Countries. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Improving Health Care Worker Competencies and Adherence to Guidelines for Malaria Case Management by use of a Blended Capacity Building Model: Kenya Experience. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Physical Durability Monitoring and Use Assessment of Insecticide Treated Nets in Mali Over a Three-year Period. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Malaria Vector Control in the Americas: Measuring the Impact of Insecticide Treated Nets and Indoor Residual Spraying. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Improving the Competence of Malaria Microscopists Through Basic Malaria Diagnostic Refresher Training, Madagascar, 2019 - 2021. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00 - 1:30, Poster Session B Introduction of Rectal Artesunate for Pre-referral Treatment of Severe Malaria Among Children Under Five Years of Age at the Community Level in Madagascar, 2019 - 2020. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Assessing the Roll Out of Artesunate Rectal Capsules as Pre-referral Intervention in Five Districts in Sierra Leone. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Reinforcing Microscopy Skills During Malaria Diagnosis Refresher Trainings to Improve the Quality of Malaria Diagnosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 1:30PM ET, Poster Session B Surveillance, Monitoring, and Evaluation Training Improves Practices: Results from a Follow-up Survey of Malaria Program Staff Training, Madagascar, 2020. See Details
November 19, 2021, 12:00PM - 2:30PM ET, Poster Session B The Role of Needs Assessment of the Community Health Program in Improving Community Malaria Case Management, Rwanda. See Details
November 20, 2021 | Poster Session C
November 20, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Tracking Malaria Prevalence and Intervention Coverage Estimates Through Antenatal Care (ANC) Attendees in Chadiza District, Eastern Province, Zambia: Progress and Lessons Learned, March 2020 - June 2021. See Details
November 20, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Preliminary Findings on Impact of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention on Malaria Incidence Among Children Five to Ten Years of Age in a High Malaria Prevalence Regio in Mali (Sikasso). See Details
November 20, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C A Tablet-based Health Network Quality Improvement System (HNQIS) for Data-driven Decision Making and Targeted Outreach Training Supportive Supervision (OTSS+) at Low Performing Sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo. See Details
November 20, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Evaluating the Entomological Impact of the 2019 PMI-supported IRS Campaign in Zambia on Malaria Transmission Parameters. See Details
November 20, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Strengthening Post Training Continuous Quality Improvement Processes for Better Capture and Reporting of Inpatient Malaria Data: A Case from Migori County Referral Hospital in Kenya. See Details
November 20, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Three Years of Combined Malaria Microscopy Refresher Trainings and Quarterly Outreach, Training and Supportive Supervision Visits Let to Performance Improvements in Guinea-Conakry. See Details
November 20, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Laboratory Diagnostic Capacity and Proficiency in Malaria Microscopy in Kenya: Implications for Rollout of Quality Assurance Program. See Details
November 20, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Improving Inpatient Malaria Data Reporting and Outcome Measurement Accuracy through Clinical Mentorship of Healthcare Workers in Kenya, 2019 - 2020. See Details
November 20, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Adherence to Case Management Guidelines Based on Results of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 - 2020: A Systematic Review. See Details
November 20, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Human-centered Design Process and Solutions to Promote Malaria Testing and Treatment-seeking Behavior in Guyana Hinterlands. See Details
November 20, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Innovative Approach to Data Quality Improvement at All Levels of the Health System in Cote d'Ivoire. See Details
November 20, 2021, 11:00AM - 12:30PM ET, Poster Session C Baseline Malaria Parasite Prevalence Preceding a Mass Drug Administration Trial in Senegal. See Details