Jhpiego is collaborating with Ministries of Health in malaria-endemic countries to advocate for, plan and enable continued malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment services, especially for those at highest risk—pregnant women and children under 5—while employing precautions to protect patients and health workers from COVID-19. See the photos
In Sinaperedouo, a village in the Sud-Ouest region of Burkina Faso, 28-year-old Bibata and her husband Issa, a 33-year-old gold miner, are overjoyed because Bibata is expecting a third child—and relieved to know that, thanks to the Jhpiego-led Improving Malaria Care (IMC) project, she will be protected against malaria throughout her pregnancy. The IMC project
Valentine, her four-year-old son Ernest in tow, made her way to her local health center in the village of Tovor in the Sud-Ouest region of Burkina Faso. On this cool morning in the Harmattan season, characterized by dry and dusty trade winds, she needed to see the nurse. After welcoming Valentine, the nurse asked the
