Large-scale Indoor Residual Spraying campaign has begun in Borno, Nigeria
(May 2022) The MENTOR Initiative’s latest Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) programme is underway in Borno State, Nigeria, where malaria is the number one cause of morbidity and death. This is the second year of this large-scale spraying programme to protect around 400,000 people in camps and communities in the region ahead of the rainy season. […]
The Visionaries – PBS documentary in Maban, South Sudan
In September, 2021, the team behind the PBS documentary “The Visionaries” visited Maban, South Sudan with the support of The MENTOR Initiative to cover the story of MENTOR’s decade of work in the country, providing host communities and IDPs/refugees with support against the problems of malaria and vector-borne diseases. The Visionaries team spent 3 days […]
Reporting the Impact of Indoor Spraying & Education Campaign in Nigeria
In Borno State, Nigeria, malaria is the number one cause of morbidity and mortality, with peak disease burden during and immediately following the rainy season. Reported cases of malaria in Borno State increased by almost 10% from 279,389 in 2019 to 307,175 in 2020. While endemic, it is also clear from that malaria morbidity is most significantly experienced during the rainy season from July-September in Borno State. Fresh surface water from rainfall creates breeding grounds for the anopheles malaria vector, causing these spikes in recorded malaria rates. Transmission continues to increase annually, highlighting the urgent need for intervention.
Mapeamento de Helmintíases Transmitidas pelo Solo e Schistosomíase em Angola: uma visão geral
To read in English, click here A MENTOR Initiative em a colaboração com o Programa Nacional de Controlo das DTNs de Angola, com o Instituto Kirby da Universidade de New South Wales Sydney, com Projeto Especial Alargado para Eliminação de Doenças Tropicais Negligenciadas (ESPEN) e apoio do The End Fund está a desenvolver um estudo […]
Mapping Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Schistosomiasis in Angola: An Overview
Para ler em Português, clique aqui The MENTOR Initiative in collaboration with the Angolan National NTD Control Program, the Kirby Institute of the University of New South Wales Sydney, and the Expanded Special Project for Elimination Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN), with support from The End Fund is working to understand the impact of a 5 […]
Accelerating Access to Water and Sanitation in South Sudan
Most regions of South Sudan are continuously affected by insecurity, flooding and violent conflicts resulting in exacerbated poverty, lack of infrastructure and a significant proportion of the population being continually displaced. This impedes the ability to transport materials and staff required to build Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructures, and to reach the most vulnerable […]
World Water Day 2021
The MENTOR Initiative Support to Increase Access to Safe Drinkable Water in Angola According to the World Bank, only 55.8% of the population in Angola were using at least basic drinking water services[1]. The lack of access to water affects mostly rural populations and hampers access to water of school children in Angola. According to […]
Community Health in Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR) remains one of the largest protracted humanitarian crises. In 2020, the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for CAR stated that access to food, water and health were the three priority needs reported by affected communities. Conflict and displacement affect access to routine healthcare as health services are often attacked by armed […]
Delivering malaria control activities during extreme flooding – South Sudan
In recent months, South Sudan has experienced its most devastating floods in 60 years, with torrential rains ravaging several parts of the country. More than 1 million people across half of South Sudan have been affected by devastating flooding since July 2020 (1). Entire communities have fled to higher ground to escape the rising waters […]
South Sudan Success Stories: Operation of Disease Control Programmes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Background Information The MENTOR Initiative has been active in South Sudan since May 2012, providing malaria and other Vector-Borne Disease (VBD) prevention and control as well as Water Safety and Hygiene (WASH) activities in target vulnerable locations. MENTOR’s yearly indoor residual spraying (IRS) of surface insecticide campaigns target every shelter in the camps as well […]