Pascal Dembélé is a third-year PhD student at Aix-Marseille University, specializing in microbiology and health. They were in charge of malaria epidemiological surveillance for the National Malaria Control Program in Mali. Their thesis focuses on the epidemiology of three vector-borne diseases in Mali (malaria, borreliosis and mansonellosis), under the supervision of Professor Stéphane Ranque.