Malaria, Poverty and Politics

The tyranny of Defeat, Distraction and Dependency

Malaria elimination is still a distant dream in Africa. This episode discusses how we can get away from the tyranny of Defeat, Distraction and Dependency.

#14 PAMCA Crisis Part 2

This is part 2 of a two-part series dedicated exclusively to The Pan-African Mosquito Control Association – PAMCA. We discuss the issues around the legality of the current board, and the rumors of financial mismanagement inside PAMCA.

#13 PAMCA Crisis Part 1

The Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) has been going through a leadership and management crisis for 2 years now. In this first part of a two-part series, I have invited four guests, who have worked for PAMCA for several years, to discuss how PAMCA was organized and what brought it to the current stalemate.

#12 Where Is Hope?

There are many reasons to lose hope. But you can choose to remain hopeful. Here are my reasons.

#11 A conversation with Dr Fitsum Tadesse, Lead Scientist at AHRI in Ethiopia

Dr Fitsum Tadesse is a Lead Scientist at the Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) in Ethiopia, a Wellcome Trust Fellow at LSHTM and an Alan J. Magill Fellow at ASTMH His work mainly focuses on the transmission of malaria parasites from humans to mosquitoes. His group recently demonstrated the contribution of the invasive mosquito, Anopheles stephensi to malaria transmission, providing solid evidence for the risks related to the invasion of this vector in Africa.