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The American people are helping Madagascar combat malaria – the disease most commonly seen at health centers across the country – through support for a new spray campaign that will treat the walls and ceilings of more than 165,000 homes with insecticide certified as safe for humans.

The U.S. government, through Power Africa and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), celebrated the completion of a three-year project with Hydro Ingénierie Etudes and Réalisations (HIER).

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), provided high-performance computer servers and other state-of-the-art Information Technology equipment to the Ministry of Public Health.

In the last three years, the U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), helped vanilla producers in the SAVA region increase their income and access to markets while protecting the environment.

The U.S. government on behalf of the American people and through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) donated 48 laptops with licensed software to Madagascar’s Financial Tribunals. 

During the United Nations General Assembly High Level Week, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced more than $53 million in humanitarian assistance funding to respond to the impacts of droughts made worse by climate change in Angola, Kenya, and Madagascar. 

An innovative mobile application supported by the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will help Madagascar fight corruption, wildlife trafficking, and money laundering.

Part of USAID’s Promoting the Quality of Medicines Plus (PQM+) project, the equipment will be used by the Madagascar Medicine Regulation Agency (AMM). 

Three years of U. S. government support has helped Madagascar’s Ministry of Public Health strengthen its health information system in 80 basic health centers and improve care for the 7.3 million people they serve.

With U.S. government support, Madagascar has reduced the number of confirmed malaria cases in the country last year from 2.3 million to 1.7 million, a reduction of more than 25 percent that has saved lives and kept Malagasy’s healthy and productive in support of the country’s development.