Adapting Africa’s vector surveillance systems to monitor gene-drive mosquitoes in malaria control Gene-drive mosquitoes could transform malaria control in Africa, but their rapid, autonomous spread requires rigorous post-release monitoring. Most malaria-endemic countries already conduct some entom...

Our new paper in @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social

Adapting Africa’s vector surveillance systems to monitor gene-drive mosquitoes in malaria control: www.cell.com/trends/paras...

Led by Prof #FredrosOkumu, Dr #LinaFinda, Dr #JoelOdero
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk #IfakaraHealthInstitute

#OneHealth #GeneDrive

🙏 @bspparasitology.bsky.social for the invitation to #BSP2026 in Glasgow!

It was my honour to present the work on #malaria #mosquitoes & #parasites done by many talented scientists
@mauropazmino.bsky.social #DoreenSiria #IvanCasas & many others @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk #IfakaraHealthInstitute, #IRSS

Our new work link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Detection of supergroup B Wolbachia and their co-infection with Plasmodium falciparum in wild Anopheles funestus in Tanzania

👏 #ReubenMweteni leading work during master project #UniversityOfDarEsSalaam #IfakaraHealthInstitute
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

Characterization of a new laboratory colony of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes established in Ifakara, Tanzania Background: Anopheles funestus, a major vector of malaria in Africa, has proven difficult to colonize in laboratory settings, impeding research on its biology and control. After several attempts, our ...

Important new work by Emmanuel Hape and team #IfakaraHealthInstitute, @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk, #UniversityWitwatersrand & others.

Characterization of a new laboratory colony of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes established in Ifakara, Tanzania

👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania Abstract. Population genetic analysis of mosquitoes is important for understanding the distribution of insecticide resistance alleles, devising sustainable

New paper led by Joel Odero from the #VectorsGlasgow team in @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and #IfakaraHealthInstitute
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Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania Abstract. Population genetic analysis of mosquitoes is important for understanding the distribution of insecticide resistance alleles, devising sustainable

New work by Joel Odero #IfakaraHealthInstitute @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania

academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...

Great work by #SophiaMwinyi in collaboration with @malariagen.bsky.social & #IfakaraHealthInstitute

To mark #InternationalWomensDay, yesterday Prof @drheatherferg.bsky.social gave an inspiring talk about her career journey @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk #IfakaraHealthInstitute

I won’t even try to summarise it—words wouldn’t do it justice. You had to be there to truly understand. And luckily I was!

🙏 Heather!

Thx for the kind words @victoriagithu.bsky.social. It was a pleasure to give the #IWD2025 talk for @uofgmvls.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk . Collaborating with you & other colleagues at #IfakaraHealthInstitute over the last 20yrs has been biggest privilege of my career. #EDI #malaria #UofGEquality

Back to the familiar buzz at Mosquito City, #IfakaraHealthInstitute! After gaining skills in Computational Epidemiology at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk. So excited to combine field epidemiology, parasite & vector biology, and AI-driven approaches for advancing mosquito-borne disease control.

New work by #JoelOdero & team!

Distinct Genetic Populations and Resistance Backgrounds of the Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #IfakaraHealthInstitute @malariagen.bsky.social

Many congratulations to Doctor Emmanuel Mwanga of #ifakarahealthinstitute who has just passed his PhD viva in @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social; with a great piece of research on the application of #machinelearning & #infraredspectroscopy for #malaria #vector surveillance. Hongera sana🇹🇿

Another PhD viva, another cake and yet another Dr!
🎉 Dr Emmanuel Mwanga!
@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #ifakarahealthinstitute

Oustanding work on #AI & #InfraredSpectroscopy for #malaria vector surveillance supervised by @simonab.bsky.social Fredros Okumu & me

🙏 examiners Daniel Streicker & Eric Ochomo

@issamshani7.bsky.social from #IfakaraHealthInstitute & @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social as now joined 😀.

Give him a follow for #malaria #machinelearning #globalhealth

Many congratulations to the newly minted Dr Issa Mshani of #IfakaraHealthInstitute & @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social . Fantastic thesis assessing potential for #machinelearning and #spectroscopy to advance malaria diagnostics

Now we just got to get him to join Bluesky 😀!

Victoria Githu, Researcher at the Ifakara Health Institute and PhD student at the University of Glasgow, stands by her poster at the ASTMH 2024 conference

Victoria Githu, researcher at the Ifakara Health Institute and PhD student at the University of Glasgow, is shown talking to 2 attendees at the ASTMH 2024 conference who are visiting her poster.

Sharing this from brilliant @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social PhD student Victoria Githu, a #modeller & #malaria researcher at #IfakaraHealthInstitute. Well done on presenting poster at #ASTMH #TropMed24 on systematic review of the design & methods for measuring entomological data in vector control trials