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Rotary See several examples at Rotary Success. Kapuna Since the introduction of the RAM [Rotarians Against Malaria] nets project, there has been growing ancedotal evidence that we are seeing less of a burden of disease at The RAM nets started distribution in the third quarter of 2002. Premature delivers showed a trend to decrease since the third quarter of 2003. Coverage in surrounding villages may now be as high as 95%. Radio Conversion by RAM member |
Dangeni Mustapha Dangeni, a young peasant, recalls that his two children used to be smitten with fever almost every month before he got a bednet. Now, he says, they have been healthy for a whole year. Mr Dangeni and his wife have been able to spend more time tending their fields, so they have produced more spare maize and millet at a time when their expenditure on anti-malarial drugs is at an all-time low. With the extra cash, they have bought a radio, a bicycle and some furniture. "Things are continually improving," says Mr Dangeni, smiling as he leans against a sack of charcoal. --Economist Print Edition Special Report. Health Care in Poor Countries. For 80 cents more. August 15, 2002 Morogoro See full article here: Economist Special Edition (It is premium content) |
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To read more about this amazing story, see the WHO article Viet Nam Reduces Malaria Death Toll by 97% within Five Years .
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Mali To see the full article, click here: MALI Rural health programme meets double objective Mothers in some parts of rural Mali are being given free mosquito nets impregnated with insecticide if they take their children for full series of vaccinations against preventable diseases such as measles and polio. Health workers told IRIN that this programme had significantly reduced infant mortality and malnutrition in a region where child deaths amongst the highest in the world. ... Already, just two years into the programme, many mothers admit that their children are much healthier. "During my first two pregnancies, when I did not sleep under a mosquito net, I frequently fell ill and my children always were having malaria," said Kontoa Masita Neiyta a mother of four who lives in Madiama, a village in the Niger river valley of southern Mali. "For two years though we have used the mosquito net, and we haven't had malaria any more," she told IRIN. ... Mali is one of the world's poorest countries, where 141 out of every 1,000 children die before reaching their first birthday. Malaria cut by two thirds |
Ghana Trial Lawra District, Ghana At distibution over 7.3% reported having an ITN. Five months post-distribution, caretakers reported that 95.2% of their children 9 months to 5 years received a measles vaccination and 89.5% received an ITN. For eligible families, 94.4% were observed to have an ITN in the home. 68.3% were observed to have the ITN hung over a bed, and 64.7% reported that their youngest child slept under the ITN on the previous night. The average cost was $3.74 per ITN delivered, of which $3.42 was for the ITN and $.32 was for distibution. This program was ramped up and rolled out again in Zambia, see the article on Zambia here .
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Net GainsCourtesy: SwissInfo (Click to Link) See also: http://www.idrc.org.sg/en/ev-4767-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html for several articles on Malaria in Tanzania. |
last updated 25 May 2006