Join MCD Global Health at ASTMH’s 2024 Conference
November 8, 2024
From November 13–17, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) annual meeting is taking take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a focus on advancing science and building community together.
MCD Global Health has numerous poster presentations that staff have led or coauthored on topics related to malaria and HIV/AIDS.
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 (all times are in Central Time).
Noon, Thursday, November 14, Poster Session A
6474 - Reconsidering indoor residual spraying coverage targets: leveraging high-resolution observational data from Bioko Island to estimate the dose-response curve (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia
6611 - Prevalence and risk factors of soil-transmitted helminth infections among school children in Bioko Norte Province, Equatorial Guinea (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia
LB-9140 - Lessons learned from four years of implementing HIV/AIDS prevention and care interventions in military health facilities in Gabon (View Abstract)
- Focus area: HIV/AIDS
- Program: U.S. Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP)
- Country: Gabon
- MCD Contact: Mariam Bahova
Noon, Friday, November 15, Poster Session B
7013 - How frequently do we need to treat breeding sites with Bti? Evidence from large-scale larval source management on Bioko Island (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia
7180 - Efficacy and Safety of Artemether + Lumefantrine and Artesunate + Amodiaquine for uncomplicated Malaria in Equatorial Guinea (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia
7319 - Adapting Malaria Indicator Surveys to investigate treatment adherence: A pilot study on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea>/strong> (View Abstract)
LB-9281 - Evaluating Communication Strategies for Malaria Health Messaging on Bioko Island: A Comparative Study Across Districts (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia
11 a.m., Saturday, November 16, Poster Session C
7675 - COVID-19 awareness and behavior change among recently pregnant women: findings from a household survey in Benin (View Abstract)
- Focus area: COVID-19
- Program: U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Impact Malaria
- Country: Benin
- MCD Contact: Julie Buekens
7699 - “Warts and all”: The Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project’s experience expanding beyond malaria to comprehensive disease surveillance (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia
7900 - Lessons learned from malaria drug efficacy studies in Equatorial Guinea (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia
8036 - Decentralizing Malaria Case Management Services in Equatorial Guinea: A Capacity Building Approach at the District Level (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia
8039 - Leveraging household visits during indoor residual spraying to identify pregnant women and increase awareness of antenatal care and IPTp adherence on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia
8067 - Rapid molecular monitoring of kelch13 of Plasmodium falciparum shows low diversity and lack of artemisinin resistance-associated mutations on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP)
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- MCD Contact: Guillermo Garcia
LB-9458 - Insights on Mapping Malaria-concentrated Areas to Optimize Malaria Response during Epidemic Periods in Karamoja, Uganda (View Abstract)
- Focus area: Malaria
- Program: U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative Uganda Malaria Reduction Activity (MRA)
- Country: Uganda
- MCD Contact: Mariam Bahova