From October 30 through November 3, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) annual meeting will take place in Seattle, Washington, bringing attendees back together in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with a livestream option for those who cannot join in person.

MCD Global Health (MCD) will exhibit at the conference at Booth #217 and have numerous poster presentations that staff have led or coauthored on topics related to malaria and reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH).

Below, you’ll find a schedule of MCD’s activities at ASTMH’s conference this year. Please join us in supporting our colleagues as they share the successes, challenges, and lessons learned from their work across the globe.

Health Systems Strengthening

Accelerating universal health coverage through continuous performance improvement of private health facilities in Benin
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• Monday, Oct. 31 (Poster Session A Presentations)
• Program: Private Sector Health Partnership Activity (PSHPA)
• Country: Benin
• MCD Contact: Mariam Bahova

Building Capacity and transitioning technical leadership to national staff from 2004-2022

• Wednesday, Nov. 2 (Poster Session C Presentations)
• Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
• Country: Equatorial Guinea
• MCD Contact: Nestor Rivas Bela

Malaria Prevention

Evaluating the contribution of increased rainfall on rising prevalence on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea despite sustained vector control
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• Wednesday, Nov. 2 (Poster Session C Presentations)
• Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
• Country: Equatorial Guinea
• MCD Contact: David Galick

Changes in vector bionomics may be partly responsible for the curtailment of mosquito control effectiveness on Bioko Island
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• Wednesday, Nov. 2 (Poster Session C Presentations)
• Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
• Country: Equatorial Guinea
• MCD Contact: Nestor Rivas Bela

Planning and implementing larval source management using transmission hot-spots to support malaria control on Bioko Island
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• Wednesday, Nov. 2 (Poster Session C Presentations)
• Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
• Country: Equatorial Guinea
• MCD Contact: Kylie DeBoer

Is the Plasmodium falciparum population on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, distinct from those in nearby continental Africa?
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• Wednesday, Nov. 2 (Poster Session C Presentations)
• Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
• Country: Equatorial Guinea
• MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia

Malaria Diagnostics and Treatment

Application of GC3, a locus read coverage assessment tool, to identify gene duplications of Pfmdr1 and Plasmepsin-2 among Plasmodium falciparum strains
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• Tuesday, Nov. 1 (Poster Session B Presentations)
• Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
• Country: Equatorial Guinea
• MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia

Improving laboratory performance in Madagascar through outreach training and supportive supervision, 2019-2021
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• Tuesday, Nov. 1 (Poster Session B Presentations)
• Program: United States President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Impact Malaria (IM)
• Country: Madagascar
• MCD Contact: Renion Saye

Clinical Outreach Training and Supportive Supervision Plus in Haut Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo shows improved results
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• Tuesday, Nov. 1 (Poster Session B Presentations)
• Program: United States President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Impact Malaria (IM)
• Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
• MCD Contact: Ange Landela

Effectiveness of basic Malaria Diagnostic Refresher Training on the acquisition of skills among laboratory technicians in Mali
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• Wednesday, Nov. 2 (Poster Session C Presentations)
• Program: United States President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Impact Malaria (IM)
• Country: Mali
• MCD Contact: Renion Saye

Outreach training and supportive supervision in public health facilities of Bioko Island to improve malaria diagnostics and case management
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• Wednesday, Nov. 2 (Poster Session C Presentations)
• Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
• Country: Equatorial Guinea
• MCD Contact: Martin Eka Ondo Mangue

Malaria Surveillance, Monitoring, and Evaluation

Gender and other demographic factors of IRS performance on Bioko, 2010-2021
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• Wednesday, Nov. 2 (Poster Session C Presentations)
• Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
• Country: Equatorial Guinea
• MCD Contact: Kylie DeBoer

View the ASTMH conference’s schedule at a glance