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Yesterday the other half of our team headed out to the field for more mosquito surveillance activities! We headed to the same field site where we experienced a bit of the celebrity lifestyle with the local kids. They called our names or yelled “muzungo!” when they saw us, followed us throughout the compound, and evenContinue reading “Muzungo Madness”

We took our first Ugandan field work trip to the town of Katuso! Half of our group drove the 2 hours past beautiful greenery and hills to get there. Upon arrival, we found our lodging on a back alley of the town surrounded by the most adorable children who were thrilled to see us! FromContinue reading “Rollin’ in the Rolexes”

Hello all! On Sunday we trekked from Kitwe to Ndola, then from Ndola to the Gorilla Guest House in Entebbe, Uganda (details on the experience to come later in our episode(s) of, Uganda Be Kidding Me!). We arrived at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) on Monday, August 19, where toured the beautiful grounds overlookingContinue reading “U got it, Uganda!”

On Friday, the team headed out into the field again-to the rural areas surrounding the city of Kitwe, in the Copper Belt. This might have been the bumpiest road yet! We ended up at a small village, which served as a control sentinel site for the Copper belt region. We met with Mary, a localContinue reading “Keeping up with Kitwe”

We embarked on our journey to Kitwe! With a rented van we set out, luggage in tow. We celebrated the leg room in the van and the extremely comfortable seats! However, on the journey we noticed a concerning trend that we always seemed to be behind a toxic or hazardous material truck! Not the mostContinue reading “Highway to the Danger Zone”

Our day kicked off with a welcome tour of the National Malaria Elimination Center from Vector Link, taking a look at their insectary and mice housing. We were able to hear about their daily anti-malaria field work tasks like Indoor Residual Spraying as well as some of the laboratory work like Insecticide Resistance Testing. WeContinue reading “A Day in the Life of the National Malaria Elimination Center”

We had a great time presenting to all the people who have helped us this past week at the Macha Research Trust before we all said our goodbyes. They were great hosts to us and taught us all so much! But unfortunately we had to move on to our next stop in Lusaka, which cameContinue reading “Mach-a Love to Macha”

Our weekend in Macha was a great opportunity to transcribe our notes, do in-depth analysis, and prepare for our Monday presentation to the MRT team. It’s not all work and no play-we carved out time to experience some local culture and have fun! On Saturday, we walked down to the local market (above) The cafeteriaContinue reading “Weekend in Macha”