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She will assume the role on April 1, 2026.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Bear joins Jhpiego with 25 years of experience in the global health sector, most recently serving as founder and CEO of the Baltimore-based public health consultancy Vennhealth. Throughout her career, she has led strategic and evaluative initiatives that have shaped major global health programs and investments. Notable achievements include revising USAID’s maternal and child health investment frameworks to align with the Sustainable Development Goals, evaluating USAID’s flagship maternal and child health program, and designing a $1 billion successor strategy. In addition, she led the evaluation of the $3.5 billion Feed the Future nutrition portfolio, providing evidence that informed its Congressional reauthorization.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The throughline of Allyson’s professional trajectory has been a profound commitment to alleviating human suffering and promoting human dignity and health for all—a background that aligns deeply with Jhpiego’s longstanding mission to provide access to lifesaving health care where it is needed most,” said Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels in an email to the Johns Hopkins University community. “She brings a proven track record in strategic growth, innovation, and resource mobilization across the global health, economic development, and humanitarian sectors.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Bear began her career focused on global market shaping and scale-up efforts, starting with Gavi’s PneumoADIP and Hib Initiative, where she provided technical assistance to Ministries of Health for vaccine rollout and impact evaluations. From 2009 to 2015, she worked at USAID, leading the development of flagship U.S. Government health initiatives. She has also held leadership positions at Corus International and Abt Associates, managing global health and economic development portfolios across West Africa, francophone Central Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East. 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src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi-helps-provide-high-quality-care-to-pregnant-women.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2207\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi-helps-provide-high-quality-care-to-pregnant-women.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi-helps-provide-high-quality-care-to-pregnant-women.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda-300x169.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi-helps-provide-high-quality-care-to-pregnant-women.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda-768x432.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi-helps-provide-high-quality-care-to-pregnant-women.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda-960x540.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi-helps-provide-high-quality-care-to-pregnant-women.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda-375x211.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nurse-midwife Pauline Jalisi helps provide high-quality care to pregnant women. Photos by Jhpiego/Sarah Sakanda.\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the journey to jubilation is often long. Safe motherhood begins with high-quality maternal health services, which are often challenging to provide in Malawi. Although maternal deaths have been steadily decreasing, there are still \u003Ca href=\"https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?locations=MW\">349 deaths per 100,000 deliveries\u003C/a> in the country. To ensure a happy and healthy delivery day, the Government of Malawi recommends that pregnant women attend eight antenatal visits at a health facility, in line with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. But few pregnant women meet this target, due to a range of barriers to care. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like Pauline, health workers in Malawi’s Blantyre region struggle to provide comprehensive high-quality care to pregnant women, due to gaps in staffing, skills and equipment. Pauline works at the only government health center in Zingwangwa, Malawi, which serves almost 140,000 people. Her day at the facility starts as early as 7 a.m., when she is welcomed by a waiting queue of pregnant women. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“\u003Cstrong>Every day, I serve at least 20 pregnant women and we have a minimum of five births. Even though we have hectic days, we make sure to provide dignified, human-centered care to any woman who arrives at the facility.”\u003C/strong> – Pauline Jalisi, a nurse-midwife in Malawi\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several years ago, Malawi adopted guidelines to provide at least one ultrasound scan to every pregnant woman to help detect maternal and fetal complications. This seemed to be a \u003Ca href=\"https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00314-X/fulltext\">hard-to-realize dream for most health centers\u003C/a>, including the one where Pauline works, because ultrasounds aren’t routinely available at the health center level, and health workers don’t have the skills to use them. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2206\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda.jpg 727w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda-213x300.jpg 213w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda-383x540.jpg 383w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nurse-midwife-Pauline-Jalisi.-Photos-by-Jhpiego_Sarah-Sakanda-375x528.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nurse-midwife Pauline Jalisi. Photos by Jhpiego/Sarah Sakanda.\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Not so long ago, I was at pains every time I failed to timely assist women who had complications and had to be referred to our referral hospital at the eleventh hour because I was not able to detect the complications in good time,” Pauline says. “I had no skills or equipment to do an ultrasound for the pregnant women. This made me feel that I was failing the women because we have had a few cases where a woman would die on the way to the referral hospital.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Pauline’s feeling that she’s failed these women was about to lessen. Through a collaboration between Jhpiego and Johns Hopkins Research Project – Blantyre as part of the \u003Ca href=\"https://hcdformnh.jhpiego.org/?_ga=2.250216902.1981109581.1682343483-1248103199.1680641302\">Antenatal/Postnatal Research Collective\u003C/a> (ARC), and in partnership with the Ministry of Health in Malawi, Pauline and two other midwives from the Zingwangwa Health Center joined 41 other midwives at a training on new service delivery technologies to increase continuity of care and improve quality of care. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARC collaborated with hundreds of women, their families, providers and community members in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Mali to explore service delivery approaches that provide safe, respectful and valuable experiences for women and their health care providers. In Malawi, ARC designed a study to explore the use of a portable ultrasound device called Butterfly iQ during antenatal care (ANC) services at the health facility and whether midwives could be trained efficiently to use the device.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“This is the most extensive study of feasibility of ultrasound introduction in Malawi to date,” says Dr. Lisa Noguchi, Jhpiego’s Director of Maternal Health. “The study directly addresses WHO’s call for further implementation research on introduction of ultrasound in ANC.” \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Butterfly iQ study was implemented in partnership with the Malawi Ministry of Health in 2021–2022 and the University of Malawi College of Medicine with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Pauline can conduct ultrasounds for pregnant women and her work has contributed to more effective collaboration with the local hospital. She is happy she can provide a more positive pregnancy experience for the many women from her area. \u003C/p>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Our quality of care at this community facility has been enhanced through the provision of ultrasound scanning to all pregnant women that come for the antenatal clinic,” she says. “Ever since I was trained, I have scanned over 100 women and referred those with complications to the referral hospital in good time. It brings so much joy to see the women happy to see their unborn babies and even hear their heartbeat. It’s something they have never experienced before.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least 44 midwives from 10 health centers within Blantyre City and surrounding areas were trained to use the Butterfly iQ device by seven medical doctors from the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital’s obstetrics and gynecology department. Over the course of the study, the health centers conducted 1,500 ultrasounds, and continue to offer them today. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I’m so happy that all centers managed to do successfully offer ultrasound scans, says Pauline. “[Even after the ARC study] midwives continue to provide ultrasounds to pregnant women in their health centers.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We are delighted to see that the midwives have made a difference in the lives of over a thousand women in this short time and will continue to do so,” said Fidelis Sindani, Jhpiego’s Monitoring and Evaluation Director in Malawi. “The study has underscored the role of midwives in offering comprehensive, high-quality maternal health services.” Through this work, ARC is also contributing to learning around expanded scope of practice for midwives. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Sarah Sakanda is the knowledge and communication specialist 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He is responsible for identifying the presence of malaria infection in patient blood samples and providing that information to health care providers so they can decide what treatment to offer to help patients recover quickly. When malaria-related data collection and reporting issues are identified but not properly tracked over time, it can lead to a pattern of inaccurate decision-making due to under- or over-reporting of disease burden.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To address these issues, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Impact Malaria Project collaborated with other implementing partners and the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme (ZAMEP), under the Ministry of Health, to build and construct an interactive dashboard. This dashboard introduced high-quality data visualizations and assisted Zanzibar in decision-making regarding malaria-related interventions.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deployed in March 2022, the malaria dashboard portal comprises data from the weekly electronic integrated disease surveillance and response, the malaria service data quality improvement tool, distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito bed nets, malaria case notification and indoor residual spraying.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamisi noted an immediate difference with this tool. When one teammate “enters information into the system, anyone else on the team can easily access the information and use it for further planning,” Hamisi said, highlighting the increased access to data that the dashboard provides. “The availability of an interactive dashboard aids in the timely visualization of data, which also helps in decision-making. When the facility testing rate was low, we could identify a pattern through the data and address it promptly.” If a decision-making error was identified, the facility would conduct supportive supervision visits to ensure testing and diagnosis accuracy so that patients received the high-quality care they needed quickly.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"421\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3778\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-image-1.jpg 631w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-image-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-image-1-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u003Cem>Abdallah Hamisi uses an interactive dashboard for supportive supervision at Raha Leo health center in Zanzibar.\u003C/em>\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In areas of Zanzibar that are close to eliminating the malaria burden, data tracking and accuracy are critical to reaching zero malaria cases. Juma H. Khamis, the information technology officer at ZAMEP, also noticed the value of the tool across teams within a health facility and sees the application as a stepping stone to making technological improvements in the collection of malaria data toward the elimination goal.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The great thing about this application is that any department may access the data at any time and rapidly act upon it when necessary,” he said. He noticed the departments that have benefited the most from the dashboard are those dealing with monitoring and evaluation, diagnostics, treatment and logistics.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khamis noticed that the dashboard also highlighted underutilization of the antimalarial medicine primaquine at the private health facilities, which prompted ZAMEP to facilitate the development of malaria management job aids and antimalarial record books. Keeping essential malaria medicines stocked, and properly using supplies, is important to be able to provide the community with quality services. This shift in health policy aided the private facilities in better adhere to the national malaria treatment guidelines in the pre-elimination areas. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“In general, ZAMEP is very grateful for the PMI Impact Malaria efforts in supporting development of the interactive dashboard. The dashboard will further improve the quality of data reporting and visualization, which is very important for ZAMEP in documenting and monitoring progress towards malaria elimination in Zanzibar.” — Juma H. Khamis\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Frank Kimaro is a Communication Specialist, Jhpiego Tanzania; Goodluck Tesha is a Project Technical Director for PMI Impact Malaria in Tanzania. Photos by Frank Kimaro\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n","\u003Cp>Abdallah Hamisi noticed a troubling trend at Raha Leo health center in Zanzibar, where he has been a laboratory technician…\u003C/p>\n","integrated-malaria-dashboard-enhances-data-use-for-decision-making","https://jhpiego.org/our-stories/p/integrated-malaria-dashboard-enhances-data-use-for-decision-making/","/our-stories/p/integrated-malaria-dashboard-enhances-data-use-for-decision-making/","2023-04-19T20:45:27","2025-08-12T14:37:45",{"id":1024,"src":1025,"width":220,"height":1026,"alt":21,"caption":21,"title":1027,"description":21,"mimeType":24,"html":1028,"srcset":1029,"sizes":1030,"meta":1031,"acf":1046},3780,"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image.jpg",409,"Story-integrated Malaria-feature image","\u003Cimg width=\"614\" height=\"409\" src=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image.jpg 614w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" />","https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image.jpg 614w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image-375x250.jpg 375w","(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px",{"width":220,"height":1026,"file":1032,"filesize":1033,"sizes":1034,"imageMeta":1044},"2025/08/Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image.jpg",45368,{"medium":1035,"thumbnail":1038,"smallPreview":1041},{"file":1036,"width":34,"height":35,"mimeType":24,"filesize":1037},"Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image-300x200.jpg",10062,{"file":1039,"width":44,"height":44,"mimeType":24,"filesize":1040},"Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image-150x150.jpg",4877,{"file":1042,"width":68,"height":69,"mimeType":24,"filesize":1043},"Story-integrated-Malaria-feature-image-375x250.jpg",13755,{"aperture":87,"credit":21,"camera":21,"caption":21,"createdTimestamp":87,"copyright":21,"focalLength":87,"iso":87,"shutterSpeed":87,"title":21,"orientation":310,"keywords":1045},[],{"primaryColor":1047,"blurhash":1048},"#72727b","U9CZV7m$Me_4$3InozRPjEM{Shx]xZWBIUIo",{"category":1050,"postTag":1058,"postFormat":315,"areaOfExpertiseTax":1063,"expertsTag":315},[1051,1052],{"id":968,"name":969,"slug":970,"parent":315,"uri":971,"to":971},{"id":1053,"name":1054,"slug":1055,"parent":1056,"uri":1057,"to":1057},85,"Tanzania","tanzania",{"id":968,"name":969,"slug":970,"parent":315,"uri":971,"to":971},"/our-stories/c/africa/tanzania/",[1059,1062],{"id":557,"name":1060,"slug":101,"parent":315,"uri":1061,"to":1061},"Malaria","/our-stories/c/malaria/",{"id":44,"name":731,"slug":992,"parent":315,"uri":735,"to":735},[1064],{"id":1065,"name":651,"slug":1066,"parent":315,"uri":656,"to":656},76,"malaria-prevention-treatment",{"credits":1068},[1069],{"role":1070,"name":1071},"Authors","Frank Kimaro and Goodluck Tesha",{"id":1073,"guid":1074,"title":1075,"content":1076,"excerpt":1077,"excerptRaw":1077,"slug":1078,"url":1079,"uri":1080,"to":1080,"status":326,"date":1081,"modified":1082,"type":329,"authorId":525,"featuredMedia":1083,"terms":1131,"acf":1139},3754,"https://jhpiego.netlify.app/?p=3754","Lab Technicians Learn to Identify Multiple Malaria Species with Microscopes","\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The World Health Organization recommends that all patients who are suspected of having malaria be promptly diagnosed by microscopy or a rapid diagnostic test before being treated.\u003C/h4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Year after year, the Tanda Health Center, nestled in the hills of Gicumbi District in the Northern Province of Rwanda, saw a rise in cases of patients suffering from malaria. While there are multiple species of malaria parasites carried by mosquitoes, only one is dominant in Rwanda: \u003Cem>Plasmodium falciparum\u003C/em>. Because lab technicians were familiar with identifying only one of the species, the Tanda Health Center didn’t have the expertise to identify others and prevent cases of severe malaria in the community.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the last 16 years, Marie Chantal Uwamariya has worked as a lab technician at the Tanda Health Center. As a lab technician, Marie Chantal is responsible for using microscopy to identify malaria parasites in patients’ blood samples. By doing so, she plays a key role in the fight against malaria in Gicumbi District and contributes to the national strategy to reduce malaria-related deaths. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April 2020, Marie Chantal and 21 other lab technicians from Gicumbi District participated in a malaria microscopy diagnostic training, which was led by the National Reference Laboratory of the Rwanda Biomedical Center and supported by Jhpiego through the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Impact Malaria project. During the training, participants learned how to differentiate malaria species found in Rwanda and quantify the number of parasites in blood samples, which is essential for accurate diagnosis.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3755\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-1-812x540.jpg 812w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-1-375x249.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-1-960x638.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-1.jpg 1143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u003Cem>The training of lab technicians from different health facilities in Rwanda. Photo by: David Sekyanzi\u003C/em>\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After lab technicians across the country learned to distinguish \u003Cem>P. falciparum from \u003C/em>uncommon species, the National Reference Lab issued new diagnostic guidelines. When writing up test results, lab technicians are now expected to provide specific details about the malaria parasites identified rather than only giving results as either negative or positive—the parasite is present or not.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The malaria microscopy diagnostic training and updated diagnostic guidelines have enabled lab technicians to improve the quality of diagnostic services in Rwanda, according to Tharcisse Munyaneza, the Senior Parasitology Officer at the National Reference Lab. “We used to think that only the \u003Cem>Plasmodium falciparum\u003C/em> malaria species was present in Rwanda. Since lab technicians could not identify other species, including \u003Cem>Plasmodium malariae\u003C/em>, they used to report negative results whenever it was not the species they could identify,” he said.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-2-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3756\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-2-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-2-808x540.jpg 808w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-2-375x251.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-2-960x642.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-2-1280x856.jpg 1280w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-2.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u003Cem>Umwamariya in the lab in Rwanda. Photo by: David Sekyanzi\u003C/em>\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“After the training, I started differentiating malaria species and the supervision by our trainers from the NRL helped me master the skill. Before the training I found it difficult to tell malaria species apart,” said Marie Chantal. “\u003Cem>Plasmodium malariae\u003C/em> is difficult to diagnose under a microscope, which can lead to inaccurate results.” Inaccurate results can be a matter of life or death for a patient suffering from malaria.  \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the year after the training and with more experience identifying accurate results, Marie Chantal helped save a child who was deathly ill from malaria caused by \u003Cem>Plasmodium malariae\u003C/em>. Marie Chantal’s accurate diagnosis of the malaria species ensured that the provider could provide timely, proper treatment for the child.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freddy Turatsinze, the head of Tanda Health Center, said, “Marie Chantal is currently one of the best laboratory technicians who can identify the uncommon species. She provides the National Reference Lab with slides of non-falciparum species that we use as didactic materials for training and supportive supervision.” Freddy noted that better identification of species led to a decrease in cases of severe malaria and hospitalizations.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, with the support of PMI Impact Malaria and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division of the Rwanda Biomedical Center is carrying out research to establish the prevalence of malaria species and their distribution across the country.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-3-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3758\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-3-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-3-300x201.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-3-768x513.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-3-808x540.jpg 808w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-3-375x251.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-3-960x642.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-3-1280x856.jpg 1280w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Image-3.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u003Cem>Umwamariya is responsible for using microscopy to identify malaria parasites in patients’ blood samples. Photo by: David Sekyanzi\u003C/em>\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2016, the Jhpiego-led PMI Impact Malaria project in Rwanda has supported the National Reference Lab to train 501 lab technicians from health facilities across the country. This contributed to an increasingly skilled cadre of lab technicians, like Marie Chantal, equipped to provide high-quality malaria diagnostic services. As a result, more patients are getting the right care at the right time.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Globally, PMI Impact Malaria is funded and technically assisted by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and is led by \u003C/em>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.psi.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cem>Population Services International (PSI)\u003C/em>\u003C/a>\u003Cem> in partnership with \u003C/em>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.jhpiego.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cem>Jhpiego\u003C/em>\u003C/a>\u003Cem>, \u003C/em>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.mcdinternational.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cem>MCD\u003C/em>\u003C/a>\u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.mcd.org/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https://www.mcd.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> \u003C/a>\u003C/em>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.mcdinternational.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cem>Global Health\u003C/em>\u003C/a>\u003Cem>, and the \u003C/em>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.shrinkingthemalariamap.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cem>Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI)\u003C/em>\u003C/a>\u003Cem> at the University of California, San Francisco. \u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>David Ssekyanzi is the Communications Specialist in the Jhpiego Rwanda office; Noella Umulisa is Jhpiego’s Chief of Party of the PMI Impact Malaria project in Rwanda\u003C/em> \u003Cem>and was recently elected as the new co-chair of the Roll Back Malaria Case Management Working Group; Jean Modeste Harerimana is a Malaria Technical Advisor in the Jhpiego Rwanda office. Photos by David Sekyanzi.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n","\u003Cp>Twenty-two lab technicians from Gicumbi District in Rwanda participated in a malaria microscopy diagnostic training.\u003C/p>\n","lab-technicians-learn-to-identify-multiple-malaria-species-with-microscopes","https://jhpiego.org/our-stories/p/lab-technicians-learn-to-identify-multiple-malaria-species-with-microscopes/","/our-stories/p/lab-technicians-learn-to-identify-multiple-malaria-species-with-microscopes/","2023-04-19T20:32:20","2025-08-12T17:28:00",{"id":1084,"src":1085,"width":1086,"height":1087,"alt":21,"caption":21,"title":1088,"description":21,"mimeType":24,"html":1089,"srcset":1090,"sizes":1091,"meta":1092,"acf":1128},3761,"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-lab-technitials-Aug-2025-Feature-Image.jpg",1250,830,"Story-lab technitials-Aug 2025-Feature Image","\u003Cimg width=\"1250\" height=\"830\" 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Ssekyanzi, Noella Umulisa and Jean Modeste Harerimana",{"id":1144,"guid":1145,"title":1146,"content":1147,"excerpt":1148,"excerptRaw":1148,"slug":1149,"url":1150,"uri":1151,"to":1151,"status":326,"date":1152,"modified":1153,"type":329,"authorId":525,"featuredMedia":1154,"terms":1198,"acf":1218},3723,"https://jhpiego.netlify.app/?p=3723","Every Outbreak a Lesson","\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jhpiego’s Ibrahim Seriki on Surveillance, Communication and Collaboration in Border Health\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a medical doctor with training and hands-on experience in infectious disease surveillance and emergency response, Ibrahim Seriki is the expert you need when developing a health plan for international borders—a critical but neglected area in global health security.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After several years as a hospital-based physician, Dr. Seriki wanted to expand his impact from individuals to communities. He embarked on a two-year field epidemiology training program led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Nigeria. This took him to 29 of the country’s 36 states, where he gained extensive field experience in infectious disease surveillance and response. Upon completion of the program, Dr. Seriki led a World Health Organization joint vaccination program in Nigeria focused on measles and meningitis.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then COVID-19 struck. With immunization programs paused and the pandemic calling for his expertise, Dr. Seriki headed to Lagos, the epicenter of COVID-19 in Nigeria. There, as a member of the COVID-19 response team, he supported the country’s surveillance efforts, including point-of-entry screening and testing.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This led him to Jhpiego Sierra Leone, where he leads the CDC-funded Enhancing Global Health Security project. Recently, he sat down with Jhpiego’s Joan Taylor to discuss this critically important work.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"3725\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3725\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-1.jpg 800w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-1-540x540.jpg 540w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-1-375x375.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"3726\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3726\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-2.jpg 800w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-2-540x540.jpg 540w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-2-375x375.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"3729\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3729\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-3.jpg 800w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-3-540x540.jpg 540w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-3-375x375.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3728\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3728\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-4.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-4-540x540.jpg 540w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-4-375x375.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3727\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3727\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-5.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-5-540x540.jpg 540w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-image-5-375x375.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cbr>Q: What is border health and how does it protect people?\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IS: We do many forms of screening in terms of immigration—customs to check goods you are coming in with, and immigration to check whether you are eligible to come into the country. Port health services include screening passengers for disease as they enter or leave a country.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“But diseases do not recognize borders, crossing points or points of entry, so border health is not limited to screening, but also includes intensifying surveillance in the border communities and collaborating with neighboring countries on public health functions”. — Ibrahim Seriki\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also includes risk communication, infection prevention and control, laboratory capacity for testing at the point of entry, and vaccination. As the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) outline, the point is to prevent the international spread of diseases. [The IHR (2005) is a legally binding agreement among 196 countries that defines how countries should respond to public health emergencies of international concern.]\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Q: How does health security at land borders differ from health security at airports or seaports?\u003C/strong>\u003C/h5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IS: The vast majority of travelers are crossing through the land borders—at both designated [those that meet IHR core capacities] and undesignated ground crossing points—not the airport. Only people who have money can afford to fly. \u003Cstrong>Ground crossing points should get more attention\u003C/strong> when it comes to response. The risk of spread is evident from the Ebola outbreak in 2014/2015. The outbreak started in Guinea and affected all the neighboring countries because the communities are so interconnected, with vast population movement. The majority of people who pass through the crossing points live within the border communities, especially those informal crossing points that are not manned. So it’s necessary to intensify surveillance in the nearby health facilities—and ensure the supply of medical consumables.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Q: What are the main issues to consider when developing a border security plan?\u003C/strong>\u003C/h5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IS: For border health generally, we are governed by the International Health Regulations. At the same time, we try to tailor the response plan to the locally accepted way of doing things. Then, of course, \u003Cstrong>communication is key\u003C/strong>. You need to communicate to travelers why you’re doing this, what are the risks, what diseases are endemic in the visiting country. And there should be community engagement with border communities, because in some places people are crossing without [border] personnel for screening. Community stakeholders can play a role in supporting these unmanned crossing points.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Q: How do you prepare health workers and officials from different countries to work together and respond to an actual health emergency?\u003C/strong>\u003C/h5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IS: You have to maintain collaboration over time. If there’s \u003Cstrong>strong collaboration between countries\u003C/strong>, maybe through a formal agreement and information-sharing mechanism, then there can be a joint response because they’re used to doing things together. We initiated some level of collaboration during a regional tabletop exercise [a desktop simulation of an emergency response, such as a Lassa fever outbreak]. Our colleagues from Liberia and Guinea came to act as observers and evaluators, and we also went to Liberia to do the same. We’ve built some connections. To sustain that connection, we have to continue to do activities together. We’ve had regional meetings, as well, with the four countries in the Mano River Union region (Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire) and binational meetings with Liberia.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need joint cross-country plans, like the one we developed for Sierra Leone and Liberia during one of our cross-border meetings. Prediction and prevention of outbreaks will only be relevant if countries respond as one.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>Every outbreak is a lesson\u003C/strong>. After the Ebola outbreak, diverse country coordination has been strengthened. Countries have learned how to mount an effective response to public health emergencies. The COVID-19 pandemic also provided an opportunity for the health security to be strengthened, despite language differences. For instance, Guinea has had recent disease outbreaks (especially viral hemorrhagic fevers) in the region. And they didn’t disappoint. They shared a lot of best practices. That’s the idea of these exercises—simulating a scenario and everybody gets to talk about how they would respond.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can never stop preparing. It’s not cheap, but if you prepare very well, it will save you a lot more money if there is a pandemic or outbreak—and not just money, but lives lost. Preparedness helps reduce the money you’re spending when there’s an emergency. That’s why we have partnerships like \u003Ca href=\"https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/financial-intermediary-fund-for-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-ppr-fif/overview\">The Pandemic Fund\u003C/a>. The World Bank, Global Fund, everybody now wants to invest in preparedness.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Q: What other actions are you taking to support border health?\u003C/strong>\u003C/h5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IS: Something we are doing uniquely here is \u003Cstrong>population movement mapping in land border\u003C/strong> districts to identify areas with risk of disease transmission. This is a mixed-method study with qualitative focus group discussions and spatial analysis to identify where people frequent, including their point of entry and the reason for the visit. It could be for health care, for religious purposes, for schooling, or for markets. When we identify which areas are visited the most, we plan in terms of what to do if there’s an outbreak in the neighboring country, and make plans to allocate resources accordingly. During preparedness or silent periods, we can recommend that those places be strengthened for surveillance as well as risk communication. You can strengthen surveillance at the health facility. You can strengthen risk communication at the schools, at the market and at religious sites. You can also target the health facility for increased infection prevention supplies because they may be at more risk.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are also supporting the Ministry of Health to develop \u003Cstrong>a national border health policy\u003C/strong>. While the public health emergency response plan is meant for emergency settings, the border policy will guide both routine and emergency settings. The policy, based on the International Health Regulations, will detail the governance, components of the port health system and roles and responsibilities of the different sectors working in the national border health system. I don’t think any other country has this policy. We need to raise the bar.\u003C/p>\n","\u003Cp>As a medical doctor with training and hands-on experience in infectious disease surveillance and emergency response, Ibrahim Seriki is the expert you need when developing a health plan for international borders—a critical but neglected area in global health security.\u003C/p>\n","every-outbreak-a-lesson","https://jhpiego.org/our-stories/p/every-outbreak-a-lesson/","/our-stories/p/every-outbreak-a-lesson/","2023-04-18T18:42:46","2025-08-13T16:53:26",{"id":1155,"src":1156,"width":78,"height":73,"alt":21,"caption":21,"title":1157,"description":21,"mimeType":24,"html":1158,"srcset":1159,"sizes":1160,"meta":1161,"acf":1195},3731,"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-featureimage.jpg","Story-every ourbreak-Aug 2025-featureimage","\u003Cimg width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-every-ourbreak-Aug-2025-featureimage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full 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of data is essential to improve the quality of care. Accurate data helps keep shelves stocked with lifesaving drugs and supplies so that health workers have what they need to care for their clients.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Boye-Doe, a deputy regional health information officer in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, knows this from experience. He has been working in his position for over a decade and has seen firsthand the devastating impact of malaria on families. Despite significant investments in malaria prevention and treatment in Ghana, the disease remains a leading cause of illness and death. Malaria is especially dangerous for children under five years old and pregnant women. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"440\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5648\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-1.jpg 606w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-1-375x272.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joseph Baye-Doe, Deputy Regional Health Information Officer, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Photo by Daniel Obloni Kweitsu.\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, Joseph has become an expert in extracting data from health facility registers and data sheets, processing the data and then analyzing it, particularly data related to the delivery of malaria services. He understands the local health system and the challenges faced by health workers in the region.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collecting, processing and analyzing health data has been a daunting task for facilities and health workers, especially in the fight against malaria. Accurate data collection includes tracking and keeping stock of essential supplies, such as antimalarial medicines, treatments to prevent pregnant women from getting malaria and insecticide-treated bed nets, which protect against malaria-carrying mosquitos. This data is important to ensure that facilities can reliably serve their communities. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data received from the health facilities and district levels had been of low quality…. At some facilities, health workers used improvised registers or submitted uncompleted data sheets, which affected data quality and accuracy for decision-making.” – Joseph Boye-Doe\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was determined to change the status quo, help facilities improve health care services and scale up his efforts. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph teamed up with the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Impact Malaria Project and the National Malaria Elimination Programme to roll out a comprehensive training and coaching program for health information officers working in polyclinics, community health centers and remote facilities within the region. During facility-based visits, Joseph and his team shared their knowledge and tools to effectively collect, analyze and use data to identify gaps in malaria prevention and treatment. They also coached the trainees on how to use data to inform decision-making and prioritize interventions that would have the most impact. In all, they reached 90 health facilities and trained 232 health workers. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May 2021, Joseph and his team trained health information officers and other frontline staff at the Prampram Community Polyclinic on data quality and visualization. During a follow-up visit, Abigail Afua Osae, a district health information officer at the polyclinic, shared how data management at her facility had improved: \u003Cem>“\u003C/em>The training we received\u003Cem> \u003C/em>has contributed to a reduction in data errors, as frontline health workers have also been trained on how to enter data on key variables correctly and accurately. Also, data validation meetings at our facility are now held regularly\u003Cem>.”\u003C/em> \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"340\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5647\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-2.jpg 564w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-2-300x181.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-2-375x226.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joseph Baye-Doe reviews health facility data with staff from the Prampram Polyclinic in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana.\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph shared that data management and quality had improved at several facilities within the region. “There is complete documentation in source registers [and] ongoing data validation at the various levels of the health system. This has improved the quality of malaria services given to patients,” Joseph said. “For example, based on available data and planning, facilities do not experience a shortage of antimalaria medicines for pregnant women, mosquito nets and other essential commodities for effective care and malaria prevention\u003Cem>.”\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Joseph, the most rewarding part of his work is seeing how every bit of data collected and analyzed has the potential to save lives and improve the health of people in his region. When asked about his work, Joseph said, \u003Cem>“\u003C/em>I feel proud to have been part of such an impactful project. It is a great feeling to know that I am contributing to improving the health and well-being of our people. Let’s keep pushing to make health care services better for everyone, especially those who need it the most.” \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"308\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-Montage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5646\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-Montage.jpg 800w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-Montage-300x116.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-Montage-768x296.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-Montage-375x144.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PMI Impact Malaria project in Ghana supports the National Malaria Elimination Programme to collaborate with passionate health professionals such as Joseph to build local capacities and strengthen health systems to improve malaria care delivery and eliminate the disease in Ghana.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Amos Asiedu is a Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Specialist; Daniel Obloni Kweitsu is a Knowledge Management and Communication Specialist; and Pius Affipunguh is a Regional Technical Officer; all work in Jhpiego’s Ghana office.\u003C/em> \u003C/p>\n","\u003Cp>In the fight against malaria, accurate reporting of data is essential to improve the quality of care. Accurate data helps keep shelves stocked with lifesaving drugs and supplies so that health workers have what they need to care for their clients.\u003C/p>\n","empowering-health-information-officers-josephs-journey-to-improving-malaria-care-in-ghana","https://jhpiego.org/our-stories/p/empowering-health-information-officers-josephs-journey-to-improving-malaria-care-in-ghana/","/our-stories/p/empowering-health-information-officers-josephs-journey-to-improving-malaria-care-in-ghana/","2023-04-18T02:58:00","2025-08-29T03:03:22",{"id":1235,"src":1236,"width":1237,"height":1238,"alt":21,"caption":1239,"title":1240,"description":21,"mimeType":24,"html":1241,"srcset":1242,"sizes":1243,"meta":1244,"acf":1261},5648,"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Empowering-Health-Information-Officers-1.jpg",606,440,"Joseph Baye-Doe, Deputy Regional Health Information Officer, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. 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