Funding & Partnerships

Funded programs,grants & Pan-African impact

Technical leadership and orchestration of high-impact international programs supported by leading global health funders for the deployment of breakthrough vector control tools.

09Target Countries

5+Major Funders

10+Years of Execution

Projects & Programs

Fundedprograms & missions

Durability and Efficacy Evaluation of Next-Generation Dual-Active LLINs (New Nets Project)

2019 — 2023

Funder : Unitaid / The Global Fund / IVCC

Role : Principal Investigator & Field Coordinator (Benin)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Mozambique, Nigeria

Phase II experimental hut and Phase III community trials evaluating the entomological and epidemiological impact of chlorfenapyr (Interceptor G2) and pyriproxyfen (Royal Guard) nets in high pyrethroid-resistance zones.

Insecticide Resistance Surveillance & Strategic NMCP Support

2018 — Present

Funder : PMI / USAID / NMCP Benin

Role : Senior Entomologist & Bioassay Network Coordinator

Benin (12 departments nationwide)

Annual nationwide monitoring of vector susceptibility against standard WHO insecticide panels, genomic mapping of resistance markers (kdr, ace-1, P450s), and technical guidance for national net allocation stratifications.

Multicenter Quality & Residual Efficacy Evaluation of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS)

2016 — 2019

Funder : WHO / TDR & International Consortia

Role : Technical Supervisor & GLP Quality Assurance Officer

Benin, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire

Assessment of residual efficacy decay for microencapsulated organophosphate (Pirimiphos-methyl CS) and neonicotinoid formulations across various traditional mud and cement wall substrates.

04 — Grants & Operational Research

Funded researchprograms & grants

Translational research grants and large-scale operational trials conducted in partnership with international funding bodies and Ministries of Health.

2023 — 2026

Global FundOngoing

📍 Zou and Ouémé Departments, Benin

Epidemiological and Entomological Evaluation of Dual-Active LLINs at Scale in Benin

Role: Principal Investigator & Entomology Lead

Coordinating clinical malaria incidence tracking and residual bio-efficacy of Interceptor G2 nets distributed during national mass campaigns.

Deliverables & Key Impacts:

Monthly surveillance across 120 sentinel huts
36-month residual insecticide bio-efficacy tracking
Strategic policy briefings for the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP)

2021 — 2024

USAID / PMICompleted

📍 12 health departments, Benin

National Entomological Surveillance & Insecticide Resistance Monitoring (VectorLink Project)

Role: Co-Investigator & Technical Expert

Establishing nationwide annual insecticide susceptibility mapping across sentinel sites and capacity training of field entomology teams.

Deliverables & Key Impacts:

Over 45,000 mosquitoes tested in WHO tube and CDC bottle bioassays
Molecular characterization of kdr L1014F and ace-1 G119S alleles
Standardized field manual for sampling and bioassay procedures

2024 — 2026

WHO / AFROOngoing

📍 Seaports, airport hubs, and urban transit corridors

Early Warning System & Molecular Surveillance of Invasive Anopheles stephensi in West Africa

Role: Lead Investigator & Technical Focal Point

Deploying high-resolution surveillance protocols to intercept and characterize early introduction of the invasive urban malaria vector.

Deliverables & Key Impacts:

Network of BG-Sentinel traps and ovitraps at border entry points
Instantaneous multiplex PCR species-identification assay
Early-response guidelines for national public health authorities

2020 — 2023

Wellcome TrustCompleted

📍 Benin & United Kingdom

Population Genomics and Adaptive Resistance Gene Flow in Anopheles coluzzii and An. gambiae

Role: Associate Postdoctoral Fellow (CREC / LSHTM)

Whole-genome sequencing of vector mosquitoes collected across ecoclimatic gradients and selection signature analysis around P450 loci.

Deliverables & Key Impacts:

3 high-impact publications in Q1 international journals
Genomic structural duplication mapping of CYP6P9a/b
Open-access genomic repository deposited on VectorBase

09 — Countries of Intervention

Nine countries, onemission: zero malaria

Eight years of clinical trials, cutting-edge research, and multi-country programs across Western, Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa. Click on a map marker or a country in the list to explore projects and intervention details.

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