I am very excited to have my husband by my side during this clinic visit,” says Acen Susan who travelled 30 miles by bicycle with her husband, Adiama William, for her first antenatal visit at Soroti Referral Hospital in Northeastern Uganda. “Unlike many women who
For many Muslims across Senegal, the annual pilgrimage called Magal is an opportunity for religious observance. But for the NetWorks project, the 2012 pilgrimage offered an opportunity of a different sort. The Magal pilgrimage increases the population of Touba, Senegal, a city in the center
When challenged to stop malaria by reaching every household in their community with malaria preventative messages, the Biyinzika Credit and Savings Group in Masaka, Uganda, responded swiftly and effectively. Originally a village health team that began working together to build savings in order to give
As NetWorks strives to achieve universal coverage with long-lasting insecticide-treated nets across Senegal, perhaps no population has proved a bigger challenge than the omnipresent, though frequently ignored, talibés, or Koranic students. Ranging in age from five to 18 years, the talibés study and frequently live
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