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  • Volunteers Give Skill-Based Education in Net Repair

    Peace Corps Volunteers are scrappy, innovative, and willing to make time—even when none technically exists—to make a difference in their community.  Over the past month of malaria activities, Volunteers utilized their flexibility, language and cultural skills, and ability to stretch limited resources to extend life-saving malaria messages to millions of Ugandans. Robin and Aaron Rentrope’s
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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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  • Stomp Madagascar trains 18 New Peace Corps Health Trainees, Gearing up for World Malaria Day

    This March Peace Corps Madagascar welcomed the newest Health and Agriculture stage to the country. They started their PST on March 7th and will swear-in as PCVs in the beginning of May. The 18 new health PCTs recently went through a 2-day malaria FITU training. The first day consisted of malaria prevention and control and
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  • A LIFE Volunteers STOMPS MALARIA OUT in her village!

    On World Malaria day, I worked with my nearest health volunteer Jen Park to create two programs. 1.  In Mikunku, we did a malaria presentation at our Under 5 clinic and we over 50 women and children, and at least 8 men asking questions and getting involved in the discussion! 2.  Then at Nkumbi clinic
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  • Kedougou April Update

    Bonjour dear Kedougou comrades, Bienvenue to your second monthly malaria update! Ben and Ian spent a good chunk of March testing out mosquito net visual aids for the net distribution organization Networks. Overall they were very useful and extremely well received by our communities, though there was definitely room for tweaking. Networks is now taking
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  • Kedougou Malaria Update- February 2012

    Kedougou Bonjour friends! We, Ben and Ian, have both attended Malaria Bootcamps within the past five months and hope to bring the excitement around Peace Corps’ malaria prevention efforts to our beautiful region. This monthly update aims to coordinate regional malaria work, highlight opportunities to get involved, and keep you informed about what the Head
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