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Internally Displaced Families Fleeing from Violence in Burkina Faso Face Another Threat – Malaria

Saïbatou Bamogo, a mother of five children, lives with her family in a camp for internally displaced people in Burkina Faso. Having moved 275 miles to keep her children safe from violence, malaria now threatens both the lives of her children and the economic security of her family.

2024-04-05T14:00:43+00:00December 1, 2023|Categories: 2023, Stories|Tags: , , |

Ready to Serve: Preventing Malaria and Saving Lives in the DRC

On November 15, USAID celebrates Foreign Service National (FSN) Recognition Day. Meet Ferdinad, a doctor, public health advocate, and malaria specialist with PMI in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Explore his story and learn what motivates him in the fight to end malaria

2024-04-05T13:37:44+00:00November 15, 2023|Categories: 2023, Stories|Tags: |

Data Saves Lives: How Cameroon is Using Data to Make Sure Every Community Receives Essential Health Care

Community health workers are essential to increasing health services for hard to reach populations. In Cameroon, these health workers provide a wide variety of services, including diagnosing and treating malaria. PMI collaborated with the Cameroon Ministry of Health and the National Malaria Control Program to develop an interactive tool to guide the expansion of the community health worker program to make sure more families are reached with life-saving services.

2024-04-04T17:03:22+00:00October 27, 2023|Categories: 2023, Stories|Tags: , , |

Bringing Life-Saving Mosquito Nets to Isolated Island Communities in Guinea

PMI assisted the Government of Guinea in distributing life-saving mosquito nets to almost every household of the remote Tristao Islands during the 2022 mass campaign.

2023-07-31T11:56:02+00:00July 28, 2023|Categories: 2023, Stories|Tags: , |
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