#MARCADPlus PhD fellow Aisha Pereira Badji is part of the IGHD Junior Associate Delegation participating in the #WorldHealthSummit 2026, taking place from 11–13 October in Berlin, Germany, and online. Learn More: www.worldhealthsummit.org #GlobalHealth #WomenInScience #Research

Congratulations to #MARCADPlus fellow Arthur Boderie Calvin Garber on his appointment as Deputy Treasurer General at Federation of West African Medical Laboratory Science!🎉 Wishing you great success in this new leadership role. #malaria #research #Leadership #MedicalLaboratoryScience

Join the conversation on Community Engagement in Research: Are We Funding It Equitably? 📅 29 September 2026 📷 12:00–13:30 BST | 14:00–15:30 EAT Register here: bit.ly/4gFWska #webinar #CommunityEngagement #research

As President of the Sierra Leone Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (SLAMLS), #MARCADPlus fellow Arthur Bodurie Calvin Garber took part in the 1st Statutory & Constitutive Congress of the Federation of West African Medical Laboratory Science Associations (FWAMLSA), held in Lomé, Togo.

Warmest congratulations to Prof. Umberto D’Alessandro on joining the European Vaccine Initiative (EVI) as Medical Director. Read more: www.euvaccine.eu/post/prof-um... #Malaria #Research #Vaccine #GlobalHealth @europevaccine.bsky.social

And that’s a wrap! Drs. Fatalmoudou Tandina and Oumou Kalsoum Gueye, #MARCADPlus postdoctoral fellows, at the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) Kenya Chapter Annual Meeting 2026. #PAMCAKenya2026 #WomenInScience #Leadership

#MARCADPlus Postdoc fellow Dr Oumou Kalsoum Gueye chaired two parallel scientific sessions focusing on “Larval Source Management” & “Gender and Community Engagement” during the #PAMCAKenya2026 Annual Meeting. #CommunityEngagement #malaria #leadership #womeninscience

At the PAMCA Annual Meeting, #MARCADPlus PhD fellow Pape Cheikh Sarr presented the preliminary results of his research on “Behavioral plasticity and metabolic resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l. as key challenges for #malaria elimination in Senegalese Hotspots.” #PAMCAKenya2026 #malariaresearch

#MARCADPlus Team is pleased to participate in the PAMCA Annual Meeting 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. #PAMCAKenya2026 #MalariaResearch #MalariaElimination #EndMalaria #GlobalHealth #AfricaHealth #MalariaFreeFuture

#Publication "Relationship between nutritional status & #malaria risk among children receiving routine seasonal malaria #chemoprevention: evidence from a prospective cohort study in Mali" by #MARCADPlus PhD fellow, Soumba Keita thelancet.com/journals/lan... Congrats to the entire team at USTTB.

#MARCADPlus was well represented at the International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA2026) in Montréal, Canada. #GlobalHealth #Parasitology #Congress #ICOPA2026

#MARCADPlus is participating in the International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA2026 ), taking place from 16–21 August in Montréal, Canada. Learn more about the event: icopa2026.org #ICOPA2026 #Parasitology #GlobalHealth

As part of her #MARCADPlus PhD project, Soumba Keita is undertaking a four-week scientific immersion at @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social to strengthen her technical & analytical expertise in #malaria immunology through hands-on training in Luminex assays & sample processing. #GlobalHealth

“The Role of the Community in the Fight Against Malaria: The Role of the Family” was the theme of the 2nd edition of the Socio-Cultural Days on Mosquitoes and #Malaria, held from July 20–28, 2026, across 3 villages in Senegal, led by #MARCADPlus PhD fellow Pape Cheikh Sarr and his team.

#Publication ''Malaria Vectors’ Diversity and Seasonality in Sustaining Disease Transmission in an Endemic Area of Faladie, Mali'' by Postdoctoral fellow, Dr Fatalmoudou Tandina www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/11/8/216 Warm congratulations to the authors & the entire #MARCADPlus team at USTTB.

#Publication ''Establishment of a Stable Anopheles melas Laboratory Colony for the First Time and Characterization of Its Pyrethroid Resistance Profile in Senegal'' www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/17... Congratulations to the authors and the entire #MARCADPlus team at University Cheikh Anta Diop #Malaria

MARCAD Alumnus Dr Ousmane Sy participated in the DELTAS Africa Career Advancement Fellowship- Inception Meeting held from 21–24 July 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr Sy joined an elite cohort of scientists dedicated to advancing the sustainable socio-economic development of the continent.

Ndey Fatou Drammeh, #MARCADPlus PhD fellow, is currently undertaking advanced training in CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing of Plasmodium falciparum in the Moon Lab at @lshtm.bsky.social as part of her PhD work on Plasmodium falciparum experimental genetics. #malaria #MalariaResearch #EndMalaria

#MARCADPlus Secretariat welcomed the Science for Africa Foundation Community & Public Engagement (CPE) team, led by Lillian Mutengu , to Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar. The teams discussed strengthening #ScienceCommunication and #CPE across Pillar 4 of #DELTASAfrica.

We are delighted to announce that #MARCADPlus PhD fellow Aisha Mariama Pereira Badji has joined the Institute for Global Health and Development as a Junior Research Associate. Learn More about Aisha: ighd-gb.org #Leadership #WomenInScience #Research #NTDs

Congratulations to Dr Fatimata Bintou Sall, #MARCADPlus Postdoctoral fellow, on being selected as one of the champions of the new cohort of African Voices of Science: The Path to Zero Malaria, an initiative led by Speak Up Africa. #Stopmalaria #Zeromalaria #EndMalaria #Malaria

#MARCADPlus PhD fellow Ndey Fatou Drammeh took part inthe 2026 Malaria Centre's two-day retreat in UK. "It was a great experience to present my research alongside fellow Malaria Centre members and engage with such a diverse and collaborative community of malaria researchers" Fatou Drammeh

''It was a great pleasure to represent the MARCAD Plus Programme: capacity building in the fight against #Malaria and #NTDs during USTTB Scientific days" Prof Safiatou Niaré, #MARCADPlus PI in Mali.

#MARCADPlus fellow, Dr Majidah, presented part of her research findings on ''Genetic diversity & signatures of selection in #ivermectin target glutamate-gated chloride channel of #Anopheles populations in sub-Saharan Africa'' at the @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social Genomics Interest Group meeting.

A team from Science for Africa Foundation, led by Denis chopera, Senior Programme Manager, together with the finance & MEAL members, visited the #MARCADPlus Secretariat. The visit provided an opportunity for the MARCAD Plus fellows at the UCAD to present the progress of their research projects.

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📢 #Publication Alert " Towards Reliable Malaria Forecasting: A Noise-Resilient Wavelet-STL Hybrid Framework for Cameroon'' by #MARCAD alumnus Dr Akindeh Mbuh Nji riviste.unimi.it/index.php/eb... Congratulations to all the team at the University of Yaounde 1 #Malaria #Epidemiology #Biostatistics

Our Comms Officer, Kodou Sene, joined the 2026 DELTAS Africa Science Communication Workshop. Organized by Science for Africa Foundation, the meeting focused on positioning science communication as a key driver of programme impact, funder confidence, & the long-term sustainability of #DELTASAfrica

#Publication " A systematic review of epidemiological models for #malaria transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa" by #MARCADPlus fellow, Dr Taiwo Adegoke link.springer.com/article/10.1... Warmest congratulations to the authors & to the entire #MARCADPlus team at the University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon

Researchers! Use the recently updated & freely available WWARN Clinical Trials library developed to support global #malaria research efforts. The library's a comprehensive living systematic review of clinical efficacy studies from 1946 to the present day www.iddo.org/wwarn/wwarn-...