PMI VectorLink Angola

Activities:

• Provide technical assistance in strategic planning in vector surveillance and control to Angola’s National Malaria Control Program
• Assistance in the generation of data with the NMCP for vector control decision-making, and the harmonization of entomological information among partners using the District Health Information System (DHIS2) database
• Insecticide susceptibility testing of malaria vectors in eight provinces (Huambo, Kwanza Norte, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Uige, and Zaire) during the peak mosquito season
• Expansion of community-based entomological surveillance using trained local community collectors and municipal brigades in the provinces of Huambo, Luanda and Lunda Norte. On-going engagement of trained entomology brigades to update and sustain their capacity
• Assistance in developing a molecular laboratory at the National Institute of Health Research (INIS), including technical assistance and procurement of equipment, supplies, and reagents to process mosquitoes
• Technical assistance and equipment to support insectaries in Huambo and Luanda to support entomological monitoring activities and rearing a susceptible mosquito colony
•  Development of an improved entomology module for online learning by the Ministry of Health personnel and other stakeholders.

Accomplishments:

• 30,000 farmers, including 24,000 women, will benefit (directly or indirectly) from new, improved agricultural techniques, which will increase production
• Integrated Vector Control Strategy and the Insecticide Resistance Monitoring and Management Plan both updated
• Conducted longitudinal vector bionomics in Huambo province, using community-based entomological surveillance
• Established sentinel sites for annual insecticide susceptibility monitoring in eight provinces (five PMI-focus provinces: Kwanza Norte, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Uige, and Zaire; and two additional provinces: Huambo and Luanda)
• Conducted insecticide susceptibility tests in provinces of Lunda Sul, Malange, Uige, Zaire, Kwanza Norte and Luanda
• Procured supplies, equipment and reagents, and provided technical assistance to set up a molecular laboratory within INIS for molecular processing of mosquitoes in-country
• Refurbished the Luanda insectary and re-launched an insectary in Huambo for rearing mosquitoes and performing insecticide resistance testing
• Since 2020 provided entomological data on mosquito species and/or insecticide resistance for PMI-focus and two additional provinces
• Trained 15 entomologic technicians in mosquito collection, species identification, and resistance testing techniques, and engaged personnel from NMCP municipal entomology brigades in continued capacity development.

Project details - Abt Associates, Inc.Project details - USAID

Capacity Building
Surveillance
Vector Control

May 2019 — Apr 2023

$2.5M

Angola

The PMI VectorLink Project