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. “Every morning I took my tô (traditional Malian okra-based dish) before going to the field and, in the evening, I watered my garden and harvested my crops – all without a malaria problem. Often, I even carried bags of rice and baskets of tomatoes without any assistance.” Djeneba Kone was able to tend to her fields all throughout her pregnancy, preventive malaria care helped to keep her healthy enough to do so. The 28-year-old resident of Soké, Mali, and mother of four visited her local community health center for routine checkups, or antenatal care, throughout her pregnancy. Here, d...

By Katherine Kemp, PMI Impact Malaria Communications Coordinator. Editorial contributions from Mary Warsh, PMI Impact Malaria Deputy Project Director. Both of Mary Mulenga’s children had a fever. With one child on her back and the other seated behind her, Mary rode her bicycle to the nearest health facility in Zambia’s Kalulushi district, where she and her children live. Health workers in the facility assessed that both children had malaria-like symptoms and quickly conducted rapid diagnostic tests. Within minutes, results were available: both children had malaria and were put on artemeth...

Posted December 16, 2020 Impact Area Malaria By Katherine Kemp, PMI Impact Malaria Communications Coordinator. Editorial and content contributions from Lorina McAdam, Jacob Odentz, and Anne Bulchis, all with PMI Impact Malaria. In March, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, PMI Impact Malaria (IM)-supported countries had just detected their first cases of COVID-19. By May, IM’s mandate began to include supporting Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Ghana in their pandemic respons...