Lunzu, Blantyre District, Malawi — Alinafe Machilika had to leave high school before finishing her final year, dashing her hopes of becoming a nurse. Her family couldn’t afford the fees. The teen quickly married and soon had a baby, which left her wholly dependent on her husband. The couple fought, mostly about money. With little
From November 17 – 21, 2021, nearly 4,900 tropical medicine and global health professionals from around the world will attend this year’s virtual ASTMH Annual Meeting and Jhpiego will be there too! Jhpiego will be holding a symposium and will have several oral and poster presentations during the meeting. Here is a summary of our
Participating in a study to determine the effectiveness of an antimalarial medication—a therapeutic efficacy study—was well worth the time and effort it took, says Jean Bosco Nzirorera, adding that his family has been healthy and malaria-free ever since. In 2018, Nzirorera, along with his wife Francine Uwimana and their son Ivan Ishimwe, who was just
