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There is something unusual about learning infectious disease modelling in a room where everyone sees disease from a different perspective.

Researchers from across the Africa Pandemic Sciences Collaborative have published a comment in The Lancet Regional Health – Africa titled “Equitable access to pathogens and countermeasures".

Members of the MASHA team, including researchers and administrative staff, recently attended the second Annual Meeting of the Africa Pandemic Sciences Collaborative in Oxford, UK.

A new study published in PLOS Global Public Health provides insights into how malaria transmission varies across Benin. It highlights the importance of accounting for this heterogeneity when planning and modelling malaria interventions.

We asked Upendo to reflect on her time at MASHA, how the experience has shaped her research, and what advice she would give to other researchers considering an international research visit.

The study, led by Chilochibi Chiziba, proposes a novel way to target malaria interventions by grouping areas according to the factors driving transmission rather than case numbers alone.