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World Malaria Day Over the last five years, Mali with assistance from the United States, has reduced the burden of malaria by 60 percent – helping to improve the health resilience of people living all over the country. This achievement is as result of cooperation between many partners and countless communities throughout the country, who have utilized proven, cost-effective interventions to prevent, diagnose and treat malaria.
Kangaroo Mother Care is the practice of providing continuous skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby, exclusive breast-feeding, and early discharge from hospital
Konokassi and Niébébougou are villages located in Niono, Ségou Region. Because of insecurity and threats of physical harm and even death to teachers, schools in these areas were closed on October 1st, 2018, which is the official start date of the school year in Mali. Thus students and teachers stayed at home.
Fanta Sogoré has been trading fresh and smoked fish for over 30 years now. Since the age of 15, she has traveled 100 kilometers each week to the town of Selingué to purchase products from local fishermen. Sogoré then sell these products in a community in the nation’s capital of Bamako where over a thousand households live.
Poverty, early marriage and pregnancy – these are just a few of the barriers that girls face in Mali when if comes to getting an education. But in places like the Niono area of Ségou region, leaders in the community are taking an active stand against the socio-cultural factors that frequently keep girls out of school.
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Last updated: March 04, 2021
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