The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) in collaboration with SC Johnson recently paid a visit to National Arbovirus and Vectors Research Centre (NAVRC). The team led by the National Coordinator (NC) NMEP, Dr. Godwin Ntadom, was at the Centre to carry out first-hand assessment of the Centre’s Insectary with a view to upgrading the facility. This is part of efforts to strengthen malaria vector research and in effect, the fight against malaria.
The National Coordinator (NC), NAVRC, Dr. Emeka Asadu, welcomed the team and promised management’s commitment to the success of the project. There were deliberations on efforts made so far in the fight against malaria in Nigeria, and the need for more collaborative efforts to achieve the desired results.
The NC NMEP, Dr. Godwin Ntadom, explaining purpose of the visit to the NC NAVRC, Dr. Emeka Asadu, in his office
The team also toured the the various laboratories (Insectary, Entomology, Phytochemistry and Molecular biology) at NAVRC, where they were put through on the different vector control research activities carried out in the Centre.
Head, Entomology Unit, NAVRC, Nwangwu Udoka, explaining routines at the Aedes aegypti colony 
Madeleine Chura, Senior Entomologist-SC Johnson, observing a cage at the Anopheles colony
Head, Integrated Vector Management (IVM) NMEP, Mary Esema, being shown some of the routines at the Culex colony
The Team observing the insect Museum at the Entomology laboratory
L-R Madeleine Chura, Senior Entomologist S-C Johnson, Festus Dogunro- Head, Disease Surveillance and Epidemiological Response Section (DSERS) NAVRC, Dr. Godwin Ntad0 NC-NMEP,Prof. Israel Olayemi – Principal Investigator(PI) Niger State, Anthonia Onyishi, Dr. Otiji Ifeoma, Programme Manager, Enugu State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP)
Dr. Adeogun, Senior Research Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), suggesting ways of improving output at the Molecular Biology Laboratory
At the Phytochemistry Laboratory, Uka Job, took explained efforts made by the Centre in using active principles from plant extracts for vector control.
The NC, NAVRC, Dr. Emeka Asadu, in group photograph with the team in his office
