Jhpiego at ASTMH 2026

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

November 18-22, 2026 | National Harbor, USA

Join Jhpiego at the 2026 ASTMH Annual Meeting

Attend Jhpiego’s side-event, oral presentations, and poster sessions to learn about our expertise and innovative solutions aimed at preventing and treating malaria.

Jhpiego Attendees

Gladys Tetteh, Senior Technical Director for Malaria

Rima Shretta, Project Director, STOP-AMDR Project

Mark Kabue, Principal Technical Advisor for Measurement, Evaluation, Research, and Learning

Edward Kenyi, Technical Support Officer

Yemisi Ogundare, Project Director for Jhpiego Nigeria

Charity Anoke, Regional Senior Advisor for STOP-AMDR in Nigeria

Ndinda Kusu, Project Lead and Senior Malaria Advisor for Jhpiego Kenya

Nochiketa Mohanty, Director of Technical Excellence for Jhpiego India

Aristide Nacoulma, Regional Commodity Access Advisor for STOP-AMDR in Burkina Faso

Noella Umulisa, STOP-AMDR Project Lead for Jhpiego Rwanda

Marcel Manariyo, Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Advisor

Meg Sreevatsava, Immunization Consultant

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

Join us at the sessions below to learn from our global health experts on diverse topics, from practical implementation approaches and innovative solutions to prevent and treat infectious diseases to leveraging digital health to improve awareness and behavior change. 

Malaria Trends in Children Under Five Following RTS,S/AS01 Introduction in High-Transmission Districts of Burkina Faso  

Thursday, November 19, 2026 | 5:00 PM – 6:45 PM | Scientific Session 51 

Antimicrobial Resistance Stewardship Integration Within Infectious Disease Programs Through an Integrated Quality Improvement Platform in Three Nigerian States  

Friday, November 20, 2026 | 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM | Scientific Session 86 

Using Malaria Testing and ACT Use Patterns in two selected states to design MFT Models to prevent ACT Resistance in Nigeria 

Saturday, November 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 10:45 AM | Scientific Session 108

Beyond the Binary: Leveraging Vertical Programs for Integrated Antimicrobial Resistance Control  

Sunday, November 22, 2026 | 8:30 AM – 10:15 AM | Scientific Session 157

 

SYMPOSIUM

ARTEMISININ PARTIAL RESISTANCE IN AFRICA:  AN EMERGING ECONOMIC AND GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY EMERGENCY 

Projected economic and system-level consequences of widespread ACT failure in Africa (Rima Shretta, Jhpiego/Johns Hopkins University, US) 

 Friday, November 20, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Scientific Session 56  

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Operationalizing Multiple First-Line Therapies for Malaria: Implementation Research from the STOP-AMDR Project in Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda  

Poster Session A | Thursday, November 19, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM  

Commodity Readiness for Initiating MFT Implementation: Lessons from Early Implementation in the 6 STOP-AMDR Project-Supported Countries 

Poster Session A | Thursday, November 19, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM  

Learnings from ACT Quantification During Early Stage of MFT Scale-Up in Burkina Faso 

Poster Session A | Thursday, November 19, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM  

Optimizing Malaria Case Management in Nigeria: Evidence from ACT Deployment Patterns in Enugu State  

Poster Session A | Thursday, November 19, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM  

Quantifying for New MFT ACTs and Related Resource Mobilization in Readiness for Sustained Availability and Successful MFT Implementation in Kenya  

Poster Session A | Thursday, November 19, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM  

From Resistance Signal to National Action: Operationalizing Multiple First-Line Therapies to Address Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Busia and Buikwe Districts, Uganda  

Poster Session A | Thursday, November 19, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM  

Drivers of Persistently High Malaria Incidence During the Low Transmission Season in Nanoro and Ténado Districts, Burkina Faso   

Poster Session B | Friday, November 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  

Effect of household follow-up on ITN utilization in Burkina Faso  

Poster Session B | Friday, November 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  

Tracking MFT Monitoring: Integrating ACT-Disaggregated Indicators into DHIS2 to Operationalize MFTs in Burkina Faso 

Poster Session B | Friday, November 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  

Audit of Hand Hygiene Practices in Healthcare Facilities: Results from Three Regional Hospitals in Burkina Faso  

Poster Session B | Friday, November 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  

Improving Vaccination Waste Management in Burkina Faso through a pooled subnational management model    

Poster Session B | Friday, November 19, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  

Malaria Mortality at the Gaoua Regional Hospital: Investigation of Deaths and Priority Actions to Improve Care  

Poster Session B | Friday, November 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  

Implementing Multiple First-Line Therapies to Address Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Rwanda: Early Experience from Four STOP–AMDR–Supported Districts  

Poster Session B | Friday, November 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  

Integrating Multiple First-Line Therapies into National Forecasting and Supply Systems: Early Implementation Evidence and Scale-Up Planning from Uganda  

Poster Session B | Friday, November 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  

From Evidence to Policy: Kenya’s Process of Developing a National Multiple First-Line Therapies (MFT) Strategy for Malaria  

Poster Session B | Friday, November 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  

Bridging the community surveillance gap for antimicrobial resistance, baseline finding from a digital antibiotic reporting initiative in Nigeria  

Poster Session B | Friday, November 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  

Performance of Community Health Workers and Associated Factors in the North and Far North Regions of Cameroon  

Poster Session C | Saturday, November 21, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM  

Impact of strengthening the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) at the community level on therapeutic coverage in Burkina Faso: a mixed-methods evaluation conducted in three regions 

Poster Session C | Saturday, November 21, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM  

Using Malaria Testing and ACT Use Patterns in two selected states to design MFT Models to prevent ACT Resistance in Nigeria  

Poster Session C | Saturday, November 21, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM  

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