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  • A Preview of World Malaria Day in Mozambique!

    Wednesday, April 25th is World Malaria Day and the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the National Malaria Control Program (PNCM) will hold the national recognition ceremony in Cumbana village, in the district of Jangamo, Inhambane province. Activities will begin at 6:30am at the Cumbana health center with a March in honor of World Malaria Day.
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  • Mozambique Updates: Michelle Crothers

    JUNTOS na Luta Contra a Malária! On Friday, April 20th, two JUNTOS (Jovens Unidos no Trabalho para Oportunidades e Sucesso—Youths United in the Work for Opportunities and Success) groups from neighboring towns met in Chongoene, Gaza province, polish their theater techniques and play soccer. A theater technical trainer came to give the groups feedback on
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  • World Malaria Day Drama

    Michelle Crothers With my students’ input, I had organized activities with them to commemorate World Malaria Day (April 25th). Read Michelle’s blog here Read about Peace Corps Mozambique here
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  • Mosquitoes. (BAMM 2012)

    Shannon Ogden They are everywhere here. I am getting bitten constantly. Even back in the states, mosquitoes loved to bite me. While in the US, getting bitten means feeling uncomfortably itchy for awhile, here there is a much bigger consequence: contracting malaria. It’s so common here that whenever people are sick they say that they
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  • The Number One Killer in Mozambique

    Cameron Ingram A considerable portion of my blogs have been dedicated to HIV/AIDS, poverty, cultural oddities, the ungodly heat, eating beans, and my health. All very important topics, but it’s embarrassing to admit that not one of my blogs has been dedicated to, or has even mentioned, the number one killer here in Mozambique: Malaria.
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  • Strengthening Communities, Saving Children

    Adrienne Long Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. In 2010, the under-five mortality rate in the United States was 8. This same year in Mozambique, the rate was 135. And the major cause, you guessed it,
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  • Malaria Prevention Ubuntu?pt.2

    Shane Meckler We are working with the local hospital to determine how we can go about distributing mosquito nets to these women in addition to families with children who are the most susceptible to coming down with severe malaria Read Shane’s blog here Read about Peace Corps Mozambique here
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  • A Volunteer with Malaria

    Patrick A I fell asleep for 5 minutes yesterday afternoon and woke up to find a man standing over me with a knife, who somehow then transformed himself into my mosquito net tied up above me. Not sure I like him as much as the shadow cat I always see running around. Read Patrick’s blog
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  • I Come with Peace

    Jasmin Henderson I never leave the house without my insect repellent! Read Jasmin’s blog here Read about Peace Corps Mozambique here
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  • Every Child Deserves a Fifth Birthday

    Scooter Walsh PCVs in Mozambique and across Africa are working hard to promote use of bed nets, two visits to prenatal clinics to receive IPT, and rapid diagnosis and treatment of malaria’three ways to help children across Africa live to see their 5th birthday. Read Scooter’s blog here Read about Peace Corps Mozambique here
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