Juma is a poor fisherman who loves telling tales. Amina is the girl who loves to hear his stories. They long to be together, but Amina’s father, Ali, wants a better life for her. Ali finds this in Yustus, a rich but self‐serving young suitor.
Traditionally a married couple remembers the details of their wedding day for life. In Mali, the district malaria advocacy teams known as Comités de Veille, or Community Watch Committees (CWCs), understand this way of thinking. Mayors, who act as members of the CWC, realize the
Annie Anopheles is a malaria-transmitting mosquito. She tries to befriend Kinara and his friend Maua by feeding them misinformation about malaria. PataPata, a radio program aimed at children in Tanzania, follows the adventures of Kinara, Maua and Annie Anopheles as they learn about malaria in
Juma is a poor fisherman who loves telling tales. Amina is the girl who loves to hear his stories. They long to be together, but Amina’s father, Ali, wants a better life for her. Ali finds this in Yustus, a rich but self‐serving young suitor.
CCP’s Voices project rolls out its 485 campaign in the run-up to World Malaria Day, April 25th. The campaign celebrates the progress made and the return on investment in saving lives – 485 a Day – thanks to proven malaria control interventions that work, sustained
Today on World Malaria Day, the United Against Malaria (UAM) campaign, under the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership, recognized leaders from Africa’s football (soccer) and corporate spheres for their role in bringing malaria control messages to more than two billion 2010 World Cup spectators through
Aluminum-sheet structures visible from the road to Kilosa, Tanzania, appear to be agricultural storage sheds, but at closer range, the smoke and cacophony of sounds from kids playing and crying tell a different story. This is a small community—one of four allocated for flood victims.
“I now understand why it is important to sleep in a net every night,” explains a 10 year old student at Majenjo Primary School in Soroti district in eastern Uganda. Why so much focus on malaria in the already-packed school curriculum? “Mr. Okoyi James Peter,
Three young children – ages 2, 5 and 8 – from one family in Chegena village, Tanzania, fall ill at the same time. In this village, it is not uncommon to blame witchcraft for such a sad occurrence. The parents of these sick children believed
The NetWorks project, in partnership with the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), PMI and other partners, has successfully achieved Universal Coverage in six regions of Senegal: Kedougou, Kolda, Sedhiou, Tambacounda, Kaffrine and Kaolack. A total of 1,362,141 nets were distributed between June 2010 and April
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