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  • World Malaria Day: A New Day in The Gambia

    After a few false steps and volunteers finishing their services, Peace Corps, The Gambia, is reorganized and motivated to stomp malaria out of The Gambia.  Volunteers and alums of Stomp Out Malaria Boot Camps V and VI have formed the Malaria Taskforce.  Its main goal is to organize and concentrate efforts to fight Malaria throughout
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  • Senegal Health Trainees Repair Nets with Families

    Senegal’s new Preventive Health cohort is in training. To celebrate World Malaria Day, trainees each held a net care and repair session with the Community Based Training host families. Here are just a couple examples of their experiences: During my counterpart workshop, I learned that in the 90s, malaria was such a huge problem that
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    • At the net washing/drying station children get soapy as they learn how to properly wash nets and dry them in the shade.

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    • PCTs decide to have a dream banner activity near the net reinforcement area to teach children that if they protect themselves from malaria they can achieve their dreams.

    • Local women's association participate in sewing fabric to the top and bottom of a circular net. The mayor of the commune expressed interest to teach other women and provide an income generating activity.

    • Parade commencing the World Malaria Day event. The parade was about 2 km, consisting of students, teachers, trainees, staff members and community members.

    • Trainees help CHWs teach about IPTp usage, Rapid Diagnostic testing and early treatment at one of the most important stations.

    Raffaele Macri: The Tables Have Turned…Trainees Are Now Malaria Teachers

    April 25, 2013 marked the second World Malaria Day event for a PST group in Mantasoa, Madagascar. 36 Peace Corps Health and Agriculture trainees took part in the biggest Bed Net Care and Repair event that Mantasoa has ever seen. The event marked an important time in their PST because trainees not only learned useful
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  • A Promise to Protect Your Dreams

    On April 25th, World Malaria Day, Erica Berlin, her CM2 school teacher, Abdoulaye Bodian, and her school director, Pape Ousmane Diedhiou, conducted the last of a series of malaria after school classes for 24 primary school students. This school curriculum, called Nightwatch, teaches students about malaria and how to prevent its spread: by sleeping under
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  • World Malaria Day Health Fair in Sokone

    On March 25, in recognition of World Malaria Day, 6 PCVs from varying sectors (health, CED, agriculture and agroforestry) went to Sokone’s weekly market to put on a malaria awareness training. The Peace Corps booth, which happens once a month on various topics, provided information on bed net care and repair. The PCVs went through
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  • Promoting the World Malaria Day Concert

    To celebrate the 6th World Malaria Day, Cameroon’s Minister of Public Health (MoPH) and Malaria No More (MNM) are co-hosting a concert in Yaounde featuring some of Cameroon’s most popular musical artists. In addition to highlighting the progress Cameroon has made in the fight against malaria over the last year with the support of ExxonMobil
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  • Boot Camp VI, Day 9: GIS, Medic Mobile, Malaria Vaccine, and the PC Value Proposition

    PCV Stephan Savage started off the last full day of malaria boot camp VI with a presentation on geographic information systems (GIS). GIS is a system used to collect, store, and analyze geographical data. He discussed how to collect data and various software tools. Stephan explored the benefits of GIS in epidemiological research, public health
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  • World Malaria Day: LaRocha LaRiviere

    Senegal PCV LaRocha LaRiviere shares her experience with malaria in her village. “This past Wednesday was World Malaria Day, and people all around the world did activities and held events to acknowledge the damage caused by malaria and to raise awareness of how to prevent malaria. In Salémata, my village, Wednesday was also when our Health Center
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  • One Step Closer to Victory

    Jesse Casanova blogs about malaria on Malaria No More’s website. “World Malaria Day (April 25th) is an opportunity for everyone to rally together for a single cause. It is a day when health partners, the government, the private sector and communities find common ground.” View the entire entry here: One Step Closer to Victory
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  • PCV’s Brave the Rain on World Malaria Day in Western Region, Ghana

    By: Beth Davidson As lead representative for the Western Region, Sean Blaufuss coordinated volunteers Raven KuyKendall, Maggie Earnest, Alisa Langford, and Gayle Robinson on April 25th in the town of Sefwi-Wiowso.  They had originally planned to use music and a speaker set up to draw a crowd and do large-scale education but because of rain
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