2021 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

11:00am - 12:30pm EST 

• Predictors and Associations with Maternal and Birth Outcomes of Plasmodium Falciparum Infection in the First Trimester among Nulliparous Women from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Zambia 
  • Jennifer Hemingway-Foday, Elizabeth McClure, Janet Moore
• Spatiotemporal Overlapping of Dengue, Chikungunya, and Malaria Infections in Children in Kenya
  • Donal Bisanzio

8:00 - 9:45am EST

• Break on Through: New Technologies to Defeat Ancient Diseases
  • Scott McPherson

8:00 - 8:10am EST

• Investigating Mass Drug Administration Coverage and Contributors to Persistent Trachoma Transmission in Moroto District, Uganda
  • Stelle Agunyo, Benjamin Binagwa, Clara Burgert-Brucker, Alexander Jones, Lihan Lu, Jeremiah Ngondi, Elizabeth Plunkett, Alex Rutagwabeyi

8:40 - 8:50am EST

• Use of a Portable Field-Adapted Liquid Chromatographic Cystem (C-Vue Machine) to Determine the Quantity of Deltamethrin on Insecticide-treated Nets Paired with WHO Cone Bioassays to Determine ITN Bioefficacy as Part of a Three-year Durability Monitoring in Mali
  • Erin Eckert

11:00am - 12:30pm EST

• Assessing the Contribution of Active Case Detection to Malaria Elimination in Thailand
  • Sathapana Naowarat, Jui Shah
• Bioefficacy of Clothianidin and Pirimiphos Methyl in North Western Lake Zone Regions in Tanzania to Control Pyrethroid Resistant Malaria Vectors
  • Erin Eckert, Richard Reithinger
• Effect of COVID-19 on Treatment-seeking Among People Living in a Malaria-endemic Area of Coastal Kenya
  • Donal Bisanzio
• Formative Phase of Community-Based Surveillance of Infant Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS) Study in Pakistan
  • Norman Goco, Christina Paganelli
• Increased Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPTp) with Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine in Pregnant Women through the use of a Monitoring Register: Experience from the StopPalu+ Project in 19 Districts in Guinea
  • Mamadou Aliou, Djénabou Barry, Hamidou Barry, Souleymane Bérété, Fanta Camara, Mohamed Saran Condé, Hadja Amadou Tidiane Diallo, Aissata Fofana, Mamadou Sitan Kéita, Daouda NDiaye
• Limited Impact of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) for Malaria Control in Tanzania 2014 - 2020: A Retrospective Analysis
  • Abdul-wahid Al-mafazy, Donal Bisanzio, Erin Eckert, Joseph J. Joseph, Bilali Kabula, Shabbir Lalji, Mike McKay, Humphrey R. Mkali, Jeremiah Ngondi, Ssanyu S. Nyinondi, Richard Reithinger
• Low Prevalence of Plasmodium Malariae and Vivax, and High Prevalence of Plasmodium Ovale Detected among Tanzanian School Children within the 2017 School Malaria Parasitemia Survey (SMPS)
  • Bilali Kabula, Ssanyu Nyinondi
• Operationalizing Routine HMIS Data for a Disease Bulletin in Guinea
  • Donal Bisanzio, Elizabeth Fitch, Adam M. Preston 
• Progress Toward Plasmodium Falciparum Elimination in Thailand
  • Donal Bisanzio, Jui Shah
• The Digital Transformation of the HIV Care and Treatment\Program at Juba Military Hospital in South Sudan
  • Katie Grimes, Ally Lasu, Adam Preston

5:15 - 7:00pm EST

• The Long and Winding Road: Data Gathering, Documentation and Advocacy as Trachoma and LF Programs Near Elimination
  • Molly Brady

12:00 - 1:30pm EST

• Biting Behavior of Anopheles Mosquitoes in Zanzibar: Implications for the Malaria Elimination Programme
  • Erin Eckert, Bilali Kabula, Humphrey Mkali, Richard Reithinger
• Does Larval Habitat Modification and Manipulation Control Malaria? Findings from a Systematic Review
  • Richard Reithinger
• High-resolution Sub-district Stratification of Malaria risk in Zanzibar
  • Abdul-wahid Al-mafazy, Donal Bisanzio, Erin Eckert, Joseph Joseph, Shabbir Lalji, Humphrey Mkali, Jeremiah Ngondi, Ssanyu Nyinondi, Richard Reithinger
• Physical Durability Monitoring and Use Assessment of Insecticide Treated Nets in Mali Over a Three-year Period
  • Erin Eckert
• Piloting COVID-19 Prevention Measures during Trachoma Surveys in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Clara Burgert, Katie Crowley, Elie Matheranya, Jeremiah M Ngondi, Bonaventure Ngoyi, Elizabeth Sutherland, Amy Veinoglou
• Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Malaria in Zanzibar
  • Abdul-wahid Al-mafazy, Erin Eckert, Joseph J. Joseph,  Shabbir Lalji, Mike McKay, Humphrey R. Mkali, Jeremiah Ngondi, Ssanyu S. Nyinondi, Richard Reithinger

1:55 - 2:05pm EST

• Using Source of Infection Data to Target Malaria Elimination in Thailand
  • Sathapana Naowarat, Jui Shah

8:30 - 8:50am EST

• Beyond the Campaign: Integration of Vertical Disease Programs into Primary Care; Lessons Learned from NTDs and Malaria
  • Erin Eckert, Mawo Fall, Upendo Mwingira 

8:50 - 9:10am EST

• Moving Towards the ‘End-game’: Specialized Approaches for Elimination and Opportunities for Integration
  • Upendo Mwingira
• Using Image-recognition Software to Strengthen the Capacity of Community Health Workers
  • Robert Chew, Rebecca Flueckiger, Scott McPherson

11:00am - 12:30pm EST

• Challenges of Obtaining Nasopharyngeal and Minimally Invasive Tissue Samples (MITS) for Associated RSV Mortality among Deceased Infants in LMIC Community Setting
  • Norman Goco, Christina Paganelli, Lindsay Parlberg
• Preventive Chemotherapy for the Control of Strongyloidiasis in School-age Children: Estimating the Ivermectin Need
  • Donal Bisanzio, Michael French, Richard Reithinger
• Three Years of Combined Malaria Microscopy Refresher Trainings and Quarterly Outreach, Training, and Supportive Supervision Visits Led to Performance Improvements in Guinea-Conakry
  • Lamine Bangoura, Aissata Fofana

1:35 - 1:55pm EST

• Changing Behaviors, Changing Intent: Applying a Gender- and Equity-based Approach to Reaching those who have been Missed through a School-based Platform
  • Isaac Njau