Integration of VectorCam, an AI-Enabled Mosquito Surveillance Tool, Into Uganda’s National Malaria Elimination Program: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Hybrid Type III Implementation Study

Mei-Li Hey   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Marina Rincon Torroella   ^{2, 3 *} , MPH ;   Diwakar Mohan   ⁴ , MBBS, MPH, MD, DrPH ;   Sunny Patel   ^{2, 3} , MSE ;   Winnifred Kansiime   ⁵ , MSc ;   Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi   ⁶ , MBChB, MSc ;   Aryaman Shodhan   ² , MSE ;   Youseph Yazdi   ² , MBA, PhD ;   Peter Waiswa   ⁷ , MPH, MD, PhD ;   Soumyadipta Acharya   ^{2, 3} , MBBS, MS, PhD

¹ Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

² Department of Biomedical Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

³ Vector Control Innovations, Inc, Ellicott City, MD, United States

⁴ Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁵ Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

⁶ Uganda National Malaria Elimination Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

⁷ Department of Health Policy, Planning, and Management, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

*these authors contributed equally