Dr Ousmane Sy attended the Wellcome Trust Mid-Career Researcher Meeting on 13 and 14 October at the Royal College of Physicians in London, UK. The event brought together Wellcome Career Development Awardees to network, discuss research culture, and address career transitions.

#Schistosomiasis Who is most at risk, what signs should we look out for, and how does schistosomiasis spread? Understanding the symptoms, risk groups, and transmission cycle is an important step towards creating awareness and protecting our communities. #NTDs #Awareness

#MARCADPlus PhD fellow Aisha Pereira Badji is part of the IGHD Junior Associate Delegation participating in the #WorldHealthSummit 2026, taking place from 11–13 October in Berlin, Germany, and online. Learn More: worldhealthsummit.org #GlobalHealth #WomenInScience #Research

Congratulations to #MARCADPlus fellow Arthur Boderie Calvin Garber on his appointment as Deputy Treasurer General at Federation of West African Medical Laboratory Science!🎉 Wishing you great success in this new leadership role. #malaria #research #Leadership

Join the conversation on Community Engagement in Research: Are We Funding It Equitably? 📅 29 September 2026 📷 12:00–13:30 BST | 14:00–15:30 EAT Register here: bit.ly/4gFWska #webinar #CommunityEngagement #research

As President of the Sierra Leone Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (SLAMLS), #MARCADPlus Fellow Arthur Boderie Calvin Garber took part in the 1st Statutory & Constitutive Congress of the Federation of West African Medical Laboratory Science Associations (FWAMLSA).

Warmest congratulations to Prof. Umberto D’Alessandro @UmbertoDAlessa2 on joining @EuropeVaccine as Medical Director. Read more: euvaccine.eu/post/prof-umber… #Malaria #Research #Vaccine #GlobalHealth

And that’s a wrap! Drs. Fatalmoudou Tandina and Oumou Kalsoum Gueye, #MARCADPlus postdoctoral fellows, at the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) Kenya Chapter Annual Meeting 2026. #PAMCAKenya2026 #WomenInScience #Leadership

#MARCADPlus Postdoc fellow Dr Oumou Kalsoum Gueye chaired two parallel scientific sessions focusing on “Larval Source Management” & “Gender and Community Engagement” during the #PAMCAKenya2026 Annual Meeting. #CommunityEngagement #malaria #leadership @oumouthier #womeninscience

At the PAMCA Annual Meeting, #MARCADPlus PhD fellow Pape Cheikh Sarr presented the preliminary results of his research on “Behavioral plasticity and metabolic resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l. as key challenges for #malaria elimination in Senegalese Hotspots.” #PAMCAKenya2026

#MARCADPlus Team is pleased to participate in the PAMCA Annual Meeting 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. #PAMCAKenya2026 #MalariaResearch #MalariaElimination #EndMalaria #GlobalHealth #AfricaHealth #MalariaFreeFuture

#Publication "Relationship between nutritional status & #malaria risk among children receiving routine seasonal malaria #chemoprevention: evidence from a prospective cohort study in Mali" by #MARCADPlus PhD fellow, Soumba Keita thelancet.com/journals/lanaf… Congrats to the entire team

#MARCADPlus was well represented at the International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA2026) in Montréal, Canada. #GlobalHealth #Parasitology #Congress #ICOPA2026

Dr Ousmane Sy, #MARCAD Alumnus, was among the presenters during the #ICOPA2026 parallel oral abstract session titled “Integrated Approaches to #Malaria Control: Epidemiology, Co-Infection, and Emerging Technologies,” moderated by Prof. Magatte Ndiaye, #MARCADPlus M&E Lead.

#MARCADPlus is participating in the International Congress of Parasitology @ICOPA2026, taking place from 16–21 August in Montréal, Canada. Learn more about the event: icopa2026.org #ICOPA2026 #Parasitology #GlobalHealth

As part of her #MARCADPlus PhD project, Soumba Keita is undertaking a four-week scientific immersion at @mrcunitgambia to strengthen her technical & analytical expertise in #malaria immunology through hands-on training in Luminex assays and sample processing. #CapacityBuilding

“The Role of the Community in the Fight Against Malaria: The Role of the Family” was the theme of the 2nd edition of the Socio-Cultural Days on Mosquitoes and #Malaria, held from July 20–28, 2026, across 3 villages in Senegal, led by #MARCADPlus PhD fellow Pape Cheikh Sarr & team

#Publication ''Malaria Vectors’ Diversity and Seasonality in Sustaining Disease Transmission in an Endemic Area of Faladie, Mali'' by Postdoctoral fellow, Dr Fatalmoudou Tandina mdpi.com/2414-6366/11/8/216 Warm congratulations to the authors & the entire #MARCADPlus team at USTTB.

#Publication ''Establishment of a Stable Anopheles melas Laboratory Colony for the First Time and Characterization of Its Pyrethroid Resistance Profile in Senegal'' mdpi.com/2075-4450/17/8/763 Congratulations to the authors and the entire #MARCADPlus @UCAD_Senegal team #Malaria

MARCAD Alumnus @DrOusmaneSY participated in the #DELTASAfrica Career Advancement Fellowship- Inception Meeting (21–24 July 2026) in Nairobi Dr Sy joined an elite cohort of scientists dedicated to advancing the sustainable socio-economic development of the continent. @SciforAfrica