Daily Life,Health & Mortality,Malaria,Medical & Health Programs 31 December 2010

As we approach the end of 2010 I wanted to post some fabulously encouraging and amazing results.
In just two years, 578 million (yes, millions!) of people in sub-saharan Africa have been protected by Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets (ITMN).  According to the World Health Organization (WHO)
“Eleven of Africa’s 43 endemic countries …

 Daily Life,Health & Mortality,Main Content,Malaria,Microenterprise Programs,Program Updates 28 December 2010

The Real Value of Holiday Gifts – and Giving in Uganda

If you have been following the news lately the economic reports are saying that this past holiday spending period has been the strongest since 2007.  This news makes people feel good as holiday spending is considered a thermostat of our …

 Malaria,Medical & Health Programs 11 November 2010

If you want the world to listen (and watch) put a video on YouTube and watch it go viral, right?  Well there is a very special and poignant movie trailer that has more than 43,000 views and it is not even about a movie.  It is an amazing way to …

 Malaria,Medical & Health Programs,Politics & Policy 8 November 2010

Here is a surprising answer to the question of what costs Africa $12 billion a year in economic loss. Malaria.  Every 45 seconds a child in Africa dies from malaria.
In the U.S. we might think that malaria is similar to many other diseases – it is preventable and treatable.  So …

 Education,Health & Mortality,Main Content,Malaria,Medical & Health Programs 27 August 2010

In previous posts I wrote about the distribution of mosquito bed nets to the rural communities of Uganda.  This is one way to help combat the unbelievable statistics that a child dies every 30 seconds of this treatable, preventable disease. And nearly one million people (mainly children in Africa) die …