A preventive malaria program led by Jhpiego receives high praise in an independent review for its community-focused, sustainable approach that has saved the lives of thousands of pregnant women. The Transforming Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Optimal Pregnancy (TIPTOP) project, operating over 5 years in four malaria-endemic, sub-Saharan African countries, introduced a community-based approach that contributed
Abdallah Hamisi noticed a troubling trend at Raha Leo health center in Zanzibar, where he has been a laboratory technician for nine years. He is responsible for identifying the presence of malaria infection in patient blood samples and providing that information to health care providers so they can decide what treatment to offer to help
The World Health Organization recommends that all patients who are suspected of having malaria be promptly diagnosed by microscopy or a rapid diagnostic test before being treated. Year after year, the Tanda Health Center, nestled in the hills of Gicumbi District in the Northern Province of Rwanda, saw a rise in cases of patients suffering
