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  • Julia Duch: Malaria Mural

    By: PCV Julia Duch, PC/Ethiopia My site, Wenago, is plagued by malaria. While it has a low to non-existent mortality rate in Wenago, it has consistently had the highest morbidity rate throughout the years. By talking to the head of the malaria initiative at the local health office, I found out that Wenago has given
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  • Dan Allen: My Final Lesson

    Training Ethiopia volunteers about malaria is a little tricky, because, in this highland realm, a lot of volunteers live in malaria-free areas. Ethiopia is so interlaced by valleys and ridges that a volunteer could easily live in a malarial area, a few kilometers from another whose site is malaria-free. Malaria is also seasonal here, and
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  • Chuck Adams: A Malaria Blind Spot

    By PCV Chuck Adams, PC/Ethiopia In the rolling highlands of Ethiopia, malaria zones are largely dictated by the undulating terrain. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Bonga, Ethiopia, a small town straddling a rising ridgeline overlooking the Barta River valley in the Kafa region, where one end of town sits in a marshy, mosquito-filled
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  • Every Child Deserves A 5th Birthday: Stomp Out Malaria AND Earth Day/Jamaica Bay

    Jessica Joy Rothschuh Did you know malaria is one of the top reasons why children in Africa do not reach their 5th birthdays? This Earth Day, Peace Corps Volunteers across the continent are Stomping Out Malaria as part of a worldwide campaign. Read Jessica’s blog here Read about Peace Corps Ethiopia here
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  • How to Save a Life

    Katie Olean I asked them again how many will use their bed nets and almost everyone raised their hands. Wiping out malaria is a large and overwhelming ambition. But if even one of these kids decides to sleep under a mosquito net tonight, we’re making progress. Read Katie’s blog here Read about Peace Corps Ethiopia
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  • Malaria: It Kills You Dead

    Chuck Adams Malaria is the number one killer in Ethiopia. In case you didn’t read that correctly, I’ll repeat it: Malaria is the number one cause of illness, and death, in Ethiopia. Not famine. Not AIDS. Not cholera. Not typhoid. Not motor vehicle accidents. Not hyenas. Malaria is the big killer here. Read Chuck’s blog
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  • Bed Net Bonnet Anyone?

      Jean DeMarco Malaria, come on, little parasites that live in your blood cells and are transmitted by blood sucking insects – now we’re talking! Nerd Alert, right here’I know…. Read Jean’s blog here Read about Peace Corps Ethiopia here
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  • Hooked on Meph

    Lean Ganj-Bakhsh It’s international Blog about Malaria Month. Yes, that’s a real thing. I suppose, then, that I’ll blog about malaria. Most of you probably don’t think about malaria… ever. It’s on my mind. I don’t want to get malaria. That seems logical, right? Fever, soul-crushing headaches, chills, the possibility of death – that doesn’t sound appealing. As
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