September 1, 2025

Evidence in focus: using visual analytics to shape the future of insecticide-treated nets procurement

The BRCCH cordially invites you to join a seminar in which experts from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (STPH) will discuss the challenges and latest advancement of one of the most effective malaria prevention method, the insecticide-treated net (ITN). Over three lectures, the speakers will discuss the cost-effectiveness of this method, how to integrate computational methods to enhance the efficiency of ITNs, and the limitations associated with ITNs distribution.

When: Monday, 15th September 2025, 16:00 – 17:30 CET, followed by an apero

Where:  Hybrid Zoom / Seminar room 5 – Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Kreuzstrasse 2, 4123 Allschwil

Zoom Registration: HERE

In Person Registration: HERE
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Schedule:

  • Keynote by Prof Sarah Moore (Swiss TPH): “Choosing wisely: cost-effectiveness as a driver for vector control innovation”
  • Keynote by Prof Philippe Cattin (University of Basel, Switzerland): “Artificial intelligence – based analysis of mosquito net digital photographs for automated monitoring”
  • Keynote by Emmanuel Mbuba (Swiss TPH): “Evaluating the durability of ultra-long lasting insecticidal nets: field progress and emerging insights”
  • Q&A and Closing
  • Networking Apéro

Speakers:

Prof Sarah Moore

Swiss TPH, Allschwil, Switzerland

Profile

Prof Sarah Moore is a medical entomologist and group leader in the Vector Biology Unit at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH). For the last 15 years, she has been based at the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) in Tanzania, where she leads the IHI Vector Control Product Testing Unit, which conducts laboratory studies, field trials and large-scale evaluations of interventions designed to protect individuals and communities from vector-borne diseases. Her research interests are focused on developing new and efficient ways to evaluate novel vector control technologies and on training the next generation of medical entomologists to tackle vector-borne diseases in a rapidly changing world.

Prof Sarah Moore leads the BRCCH project: ViALLIN: Visual Analysis of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets to Maximise Universal Access. Read more here.

Prof Philippe Cattin

University of Basel, Switzerland

 
Profile

Prof Philippe Cattin received his MSc in computer science in 1995 and his PhD in robotics in 2003 from ETH Zurich, where he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Computer Vision Laboratory (CVL) from 2003 to 2007. In 2007, he became an assistant professor at the University of Basel, where he was promoted to associate professor in 2015 and then to full professor in 2019. He is the founding and current Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Basel. In 2017, he was a research fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, USA.

Prof Cattin’s research interests include medical image analysis, image-guided therapy, robotics-guided laser osteotomy and virtual reality. As a principal investigator, he has completed many projects in these areas and has published over 250 papers, patents and book chapters. He is also the founder of three spin-off companies and has licensed his patents and software to medical device companies.

Prof Philippe Cattin co- leads the BRCCH project: ViALLIN: Visual Analysis of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets to Maximise Universal Access. Read more here.

Emmanuel Mbuba

Swiss TPH, Allschwil, Switzerland

Profile

Emmanuel Mbuba is a research scientist at the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) in Tanzania, where he serves as a Deputy Head of the Vector Control Product Testing Unit (VCPTU). He leads several research studies on the evaluation of new vector control interventions including insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN), indoor residual sprays (IRS) and mosquito repellents. In 2017, he was appointed to lead the VCPTU’s Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) accreditation. In 2021, the VCPTU was awarded GLP accreditation for the efficacy testing of new vector control products. He is currently serving as a GLP Study Director in the VCPTU.

Mr Mbuba holds a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology and laboratory sciences and an MSc in molecular biology. He has several years of experience in the field of malaria and medical entomology. He is currently pursuing his PhD in epidemiology at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), where his research focuses on the field durability evaluation of piperonyl butoxide (PBO) ITNs and new methods for evaluating their durability in the field. He is interested in new vector control product development, evaluations and novel ways of testing and evaluating vector control interventions.

Emmanuel Mbuba is a Collaborator of the BRCCH project: ViALLIN: Visual Analysis of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets to Maximise Universal Access. Read more here.

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