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Offline App Expands Malaria Protection for Children in Benin [1]

January 11, 2021

[1]A health worker showing the app used during the SMC in the village of Guéné. Photo credit Jocelyn Akakpo

While the rainy season brings welcome relief to farmers in northern Benin, the wet weather also brings an unwelcome guest: mosquitoes. These mosquitoes can spread malaria, a disease that threatens hundreds of thousands of children’s lives across the region.But malaria can be prevented with several interventions, including medications provided during seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC). When the summer rain arrives, health workers supported by USAID through the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) treat children with four monthly rounds of SMC.

From health worker to patient: Preterm care is a responsibility for all [2]

November 19, 2020

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“I look at my baby today, and what I see is the contributions of many. My family, health workers, my friends, and God - we made it!” -Beatrice KadzakumanjaOn November 17th, USAID’s Organized Network for Everyone’s (ONSE) Health Activity joined the global community to commemorate World Prematurity Day. This year’s theme, “Together for Babies Born Too Soon- Caring for the Future,” aims to increase awareness, reach, and engagement, including families and health workers, in the care of babies born prematurely.

A community restores safe sanitary facilities for expectant mothers [3]

November 19, 2020

[3]Patuma Mustafa (left) meets with members of Kalembo Health Center Management Committee.Photo credit: Rejoice Phiri/MSH

Namaseko, nine months pregnant, was taking an afternoon nap at Kalembo Health Center in Balaka, Malawi when she suddenly needed a bathroom. As she carefully got up, she remembered that there was no toilet in the maternity wing; she would have to walk to the further side of the health center to use the pit latrines near the outpatient department.

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[1] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/offline-app-expands-malaria-protection-for-children-in-benin
[2] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/from-health-worker-to-patient-preterm-care-is-a-responsibility-for-all
[3] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/a-community-restores-safe-sanitary-facilities-for-expectant-mothers
[4] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/nigeria-community-based-health-insurance-saves-baby-
[5] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/nigeria-community-based-health-insurance-saves-baby-?page=3
[6] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/nigeria-community-based-health-insurance-saves-baby-?page=1
[7] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/nigeria-community-based-health-insurance-saves-baby-?page=2
[8] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/nigeria-community-based-health-insurance-saves-baby-?page=5
[9] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/nigeria-community-based-health-insurance-saves-baby-?page=6
[10] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/nigeria-community-based-health-insurance-saves-baby-?page=7
[11] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/nigeria-community-based-health-insurance-saves-baby-?page=8
[12] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/nigeria-community-based-health-insurance-saves-baby-?page=345