Confronted with the problem of how to bring basic medical care to remote rural areas, Ethiopian Health Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom formed a network of health workers. They distribute supplies and teach about preventive measures on a grassroots level.
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...vaccines—related to everything from cocaine to autism—were big news today. Malaria prevention is working to reduce malaria across Sub Saharan Africa. Technology will be the key …
...at the ALMA event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the sidelines of the summit meeting of the African Union. "This is remarkable progress. We need to encourage it and use the response to malari…
...issue. They reaffirmed their commitment to 'roll back malaria' and set interim targets for Africa which was called 'the Abuja Targets'. The Target, he notedhowever challenged other world le…
...from Livingstone, April 23, 2008. LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and th…
...in Nigeria in 2010. Another eight countries — Democratic Republic of the Congo (15,000), Pakistan (12,000), Sudan (10,000), Indonesia (9,600), Ethiopia (9,000), Tanzania (8,500), Bangladesh…
...women to reduce the impact of malaria infection on their own health and on the health and the development of their children. The commemoration of World Health Day will therefore provide the…
...said that in The Gambia, malaria remains to be a major public health challenge and is the probable cause of 4% of infant deaths. "Malaria is a deadly mosquito borne disease resulting from t…
...attacks on the population, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Ibrahim Sule, has said. Sule made the statement at a media briefing, organised to mark the World Malaria Day celebration in Minna …
...niche provided by HIV, malaria, and malnutrition in Africa. A good understanding of the epidemiology of this neglected disease will open new avenues for development and implementation of va…
...to tackle the disease. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Ibrahim Sule Babamini disclosed this yesterday at a press briefing organised to mark the World Malaria Day celebration in Minna.…
...is one of the leading countries in the fight against malaria and has managed to reduce malaria cases by more than 50 per cent, alongside South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland. The high-profi…
...an uncertainty range of 537,000 to 907,000, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Dr. Taal indicated that people living in the poorest countries are the most vulnerable, but was…
...research—or Scorecard--published by the Africa Public Health Alliance as a Report Card, available in pdf format on the right. The research notes that in over 30 African countries, 30 to 70%…
...pedal-powered platform. So far, Nuru Energy has set up 70 village-level entrepreneurs who have sold 10,000 Nuru lights. Many homes in Africa are not connected to electricity grids. In the 1…
...The results of these studies were recently published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE. Malaria causes low birth weight, which contributes to infant death, but the reasons f…
...Colonel) Steven Baty, a veterinary epidemiologist for Public Health Command Region - Europe. "If we can identify the mosquitoes in the area that are going to carry malaria then we can look …
...— Fifteen Public Health physicians received Friday in Luanda their master's degrees diplomas, during a ceremony chaired by Health minister, José Van-Dúnem. The masters newly and first train…
...if not surprisingly anymore when it comes to health indicators, the United States ranks between Indonesia and Bangladesh on premies. As the Guardian noted, most of these … Continue reading …
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What if you were responsible for the health of 80 million people in one of the poorest countries in the world, where half of the population does not have access to any medical care?
DR. TEDROS ADHANOM [Ethiopian Health Minister]
We're saying that has to change, and our government is saying, enough is enough.
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To address the lack of resources in the farthest, neediest corners of Ethiopia, the health minister launched a program to train and deploy an army of 30,000 women he calls "health extension workers." These high school educated women act as walking clinics.
DR. TEDROS ADHANOM
If you ensure transfer of skills and knowledge to our families, individuals and communities, they can produce their own health.
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The government trains two health extension workers for every village to distribute 16 different health packages that include: malaria nets, contraceptives, medication, and vaccines. Because they are on the front lines, health extension workers help their community by teaching preventive measures.
WOMAN [Health Extension Worker]
After you have completed all of this ... you should wash your hands in this place.”
DR. TEDROS ADHANOM
So you're converting millions of people into execution power. So it's changing family by family, then the whole village. Then village by village, district by district, and then the whole country.
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Living Proof: Real Lives. Real Progress.
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Since the launch of the Health Extension Worker program, malaria has been cut by 50 percent. Global partners continue to support the program with training, diagnostic test kits, medicines, and vaccines.
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Living Proof: Real Lives. Real Progress. www.one.org/livingproof
