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This webinar will be presented in English, but translated captions will be available in the language of each listener's choice. The presentation reviewed core competencies for building grant budgets, direct costs versus indirect costs, and reviewed how funders may perceive grant budgets.

Michael Audu, Principal Investigator of "Project Foresight" at the University of Port Harcourt, presented. This study analyzes the "verticality trap" in Northern Nigeria, where fragmented logistics systems contribute to persistent malaria treatment gaps. Using a retrospective analysis of DHIS2 data (2022–2024) across Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara, the research evaluates the structural misalignment between routine case management (ACTs) and Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaigns. The Key Findings are 1) Treatment Deficits 2) System Saturation 3) Data Incongruity. The Presentation proposes an Integrated Logistics Framework designed to harmonize quantification and distribution schedules. By transitioning from parallel to integrated systems, Nigeria can reduce stock outs, improve data quality, and safeguard equitable access to life-saving commodities.

This webinar was presented in French. Impact of RR, RS, and kdr genotype transmission on the prevalence of microsporidian infection in An. gambiae s.s. and An. coluzzii in southern Benin. Research in entomology and vector genetics plays a key role in understanding malaria transmission and guiding control strategies. For our January 2026 session, the presentation highlighted the effect of genotypes associated with the kdr mutation on Microsporidia MB infection and their potential implications for malaria control.

Join us for the next AMMnet Hackathon, a hands-on, two-hour collaborative workshop focusing on building practical skills in reproducible analytics. Participants will learn how to set up and use Git and GitHub within RStudio, structure collaborative data projects, track changes with version control, and publish dynamic Quarto documents and websites using GitHub Pages. No prior GitHub experience required, however you should create a GitHub account before the workshop if you want to follow along with the exercise. Instruction will be in English only.

The talk focused on evaluating malaria vector control interventions—specifically insecticide-treated nets (ITNs)—by comparing traditional experimental hut trials with newer Ifakara ambient chamber tests. The presenter explained how mosquito feeding and mortality behaviors (before and after feeding) can be quantified using hierarchical Bayesian models tailored to the different types of data generated by these two testing approaches. Results showed that while ambient chamber tests often produced more conservative estimates than experimental huts, both methods yielded broadly consistent patterns in reduced feeding and increased mortality, leading to similar predictions of reduced malaria transmission potential. Overall, the findings suggest that ambient chamber tests can provide reliable, cost-effective early evidence to guide the selection of vector control interventions for malaria control programs, supporting more efficient, evidence-based decision-making.