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April 21, 2007 Installing the Bed NetChien-Chi Chang and Kyu-Young Lee
Donate money for bed nets as part of the Magnum on Malaria/Malaria No More partnership.
April 20, 2007 The Task of DistributionChien-Chi Chang and Kyu-Young Lee
Before bed nets are distributed, demonstrations are performed to show recipients how to hang them. Everyone who comes learns what malaria is and the importance of using bed nets to prevent mosquito bites—an integral part of the distribution strategy. Health workers read from a list of pre-registered families. 13,600 bed nets were handed out today in 12 different locations. This distribution is part of a nationwide strategy to provide bed nets to pregnant mothers and families with children under the age of 5. By the end of May 580,000 bed nets in total will be handed out throughout the country. Donate money for bed nets as part of the Magnum on Malaria/Malaria No More partnership.
A Country to CoverChien-Chi Chang and Kyu-Young Lee
Roughly 500,000 bed nets sit in a storage facility in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, ready for distribution through various partners including Malaria No More and the President’s Malaria Initiative. It is part of a nationwide effort to effectively cover half of Uganda’s most vulnerable people, women and children. Donate money for bed nets as part of the Magnum on Malaria/Malaria No More partnership.
April 19, 2007 Asimwe's RecoveryChien-Chi Chang and Kyu-Young Lee
Kabale, Uganda: I always have a bit of dread before I enter a children's ward of a hospital. I've been to several through the years in a number of developing countries and today, being in the largest hospital of southern Uganda, serving 1.5 million people, was no different. Thirty metal and thinly mattressed beds, all occupied with children, none older than 5, filled the Kabale Regional Hospital and not surprisingly 30 to 40 percent of the cases were due to malaria. Last week, Annette Kyarikunda's daughter Asimwe had a high fever, was losing consciousness and falling down frequently.
April 17, 2007 A Flowering IndustryChien-Chi Chang and Kyu-Young Lee As the national industry producing anti-malaria medicine matures, farmers are meeting the demand by growing artemesia which pays more than tilling Uganda's dark soil for food crops. From Chien-Chi Chang's trip in Uganda, exploring the many facets of malaria with writer Kyu-Young Lee, here are three examples of older entrepreneurs who have changed their businesses in response to the country's needs.
When A Parasite Outsmarts A DrugChien-Chi Chang and Kyu-Young Lee
Flora Twikirize, who is 4 months pregnant, was brought to the Kabale Regional Hospital by a neighbor after collapsing and losing consciousness in her own home. A week ago, when she fell ill with fever and headaches, her husband brought her to a local private clinic where she was tested and diagnosed with having malaria. She paid about $8 and was given chloroquine which in the past several years has proved to be ineffective against malaria in Africa. Though the malaria parasite has grown resistant, many private clinics still prescribe the drug because their inventories are full of it.
April 16, 2007 Field of DreamersChien-Chi Chang and Kyu-Young Lee
It’s 9:30 am when Chien-Chi and I hit the main road on our way to the fields where people are planting shrubs that when processed into a drug, is a proven life-saver. The plant is called artemisia and Africans are now producing it for themselves. It is the essential part of ACTs,or artemisinin combination therapy, the first line of defense against malaria which claims more than 3,000 children’s lives every day in sub-Saharan Africa. Donate money for bed nets as part of the Magnum on Malaria/Malaria No More partnership. We’re in Kabale which lies in the south western tip of Uganda. At this time in the morning a mist envelops the city like a halo, as if enshrining a holy land. Winding between giant green hills, I look over and see farmers buzzing with activity. Here are a few photos from the field, and the factory where they process the plant.
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