Warmest congratulations to Prof. Umberto D’Alessandro @UmbertoDAlessa2 on joining @EuropeVaccine as Medical Director. Read more: euvaccine.eu/post/prof-umber… #Malaria #Research #Vaccine #GlobalHealth

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 @oumouthier #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

#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/lanaf… Congrats to the entire team

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

Dr Ousmane Sy, #MARCAD Alumnus, was among the presenters during the #ICOPA2026 parallel oral abstract session titled “Integrated Approaches to #Malaria Control: Epidemiology, Co-Infection, and Emerging Technologies,” moderated by Prof. Magatte Ndiaye, #MARCADPlus M&E Lead.

#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 to strengthen her technical & analytical expertise in #malaria immunology through hands-on training in Luminex assays and sample processing. #CapacityBuilding

“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 & team

#Publication ''Malaria Vectors’ Diversity and Seasonality in Sustaining Disease Transmission in an Endemic Area of Faladie, Mali'' by Postdoctoral fellow, Dr Fatalmoudou Tandina 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'' mdpi.com/2075-4450/17/8/763 Congratulations to the authors and the entire #MARCADPlus @UCAD_Senegal team #Malaria

MARCAD Alumnus @DrOusmaneSY participated in the #DELTASAfrica Career Advancement Fellowship- Inception Meeting (21–24 July 2026) in Nairobi Dr Sy joined an elite cohort of scientists dedicated to advancing the sustainable socio-economic development of the continent. @SciforAfrica

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 as part of her PhD work on Plasmodium falciparum experimental genetics. #malaria #MalariaResearch #EndMalaria

#MARCADPlus Secretariat welcomed the @SciforAfrica Community & Public Engagement (CPE) team, led by @LillianMutengu , to @UCAD_Senegal. 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 (@IGHD_GB) as a Junior Research Associate. Learn More about Aisha: ighd-gb.org/Aisha_Badji #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 @SpeakUpAfrica1. #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 & engage with such a diverse & collaborative community of malaria researchers" Ndey F.