Three miles and two mountains away from the Mataba Health Center lives a family whose remote locale proves just how far health care workers in Rwanda will go to find a case of malaria. Sitting in his unlit house, a cow mooing in the background and rain pounding on the roof, Fabien Nsengiyumva told the
Jhpiego’s Programs and Successes Malaria Prevention and Treatment Resources: Jhpiego’s Elaine Roman’s blog on the impact of malaria as the world focuses on another mosquito-borne disease. CEO Leslie Mancuso’s World Malaria Day commentary in the Huffington Post. USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program’s malaria-related work. What We Do Malaria in Pregnancy—Women who are pregnant can
Where women and families live should not determine if they live—this is the philosophy driving Jhpiego’s work in 14 countries to defeat malaria, a disease that impacts millions, primarily in low-income countries. Pregnant women and children under five years old are particularly vulnerable to malaria because of their compromised immune systems. Malaria in pregnancy often contributes to dangerous health consequences for the mother and her unborn baby, including severe maternal anemia, low birth weight and even death. For children under five, malaria remains the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa.
