Project Title : PAMCA Capability Statement
Start Date: 2021-01-16
End Date: 2024-01-16
Institution
PAMCA
Team
Funding
Executive Summary
Introduction:
The Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) is a Pan-African led collaborative network addressing the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases through integrated management of vectors in Africa. Launched in 2013, PAMCA brings together scientists, researchers, public health professionals, donors, civil society, and other key stakeholders to collaborate on the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases towards a common vision of “An Africa free of vector-borne diseases” guided by Integrity, Innovation, Excellence and Partnership core values.
Core Competencies
- Building surveillance capacity
- Promoting availability of robust data and research
- Driving innovation translation
- Influencing policy through evidence-based advocacy
- Developing sustainable partnerships
- Improving DEI, integration, and collaboration
- Increasing localised interventions and resource mobilization
Key Stakeholders
- 22 Technical partnerships - Africa CDC, Target Malaria, AUDA-NEPAD, LSTM, IVCC, etc
- 20 Country chapters for project implementation – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Cameroon, Nigeria, Namibia, Mali, etc.
- 10 Sponsors – SC Johnson, Sumitomo, Syngenta, Vestagaard, etc.
- 8 Donors – Gates Foundation, PMI, Imperial College of London, University of Oxford
- 4 Centres of excellence research partnerships - Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), Research Institute of Health Sciences (IRSS) and Tropical & Infectious Diseases Research Center (TIDRC)