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
A stone’s throw from the edge of Paoskoto village in Senegal’s interior, a collection of branch and stick huts sit dotted about in a field of old peanut shrubs. This small gathering of the nomadic Fula tribe has settled here briefly to trade with local farmers
JHU∙CCP’s Voices III: Malaria Powerbrokers project has demonstrated that the private sector is a necessary partner in the fight against malaria. Voices III, a two-year, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded project, seeks to mobilize political and popular support for malaria control with the help of
CCP is pleased to announce that it will be leading Malaria Powerbrokers, a new two-year, $3-million malaria advocacy project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Malaria Powerbrokers seeks to expand the national movements of powerful private and public sector leaders in four African
Four years ago, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hosted its first Malaria Forum, engaging hundreds of leading scientists, health advocates, policy makers and government leaders in a three-day discussion about malaria, one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases. Since then, measured progress—bolstered by
Social enterprise may be the key to advancing malaria control and other public health initiatives in the global marketplace, according to a panel of experts jointly organized by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (JHU∙CCP) and the Global Social
For years the National Unity Games have provided Ghana’s preeminent young athletes an ideal setting for competition, fraternity and cultural celebration. The annual ten-day event now also raises support for malaria control, thanks to an effort by the United Against Malaria partnership, the National Sports
Every day in Africa, cell phones are used to connect hundreds of millions of people, share information among businesses and transfer bank funds from one end of the continent to the other. Now they are being used to empower health advocates to combat an age-old
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