Mali: Prevention is better than cure – vaccinating against measles in Timbuktu
November 3, 2020“It’s between 11am and midday at the moment. Anyone who knows shadows knows that,” says Djeynabou Abdoulaye, smiling. She has come to the village school in Tassakane to get her child vaccinated against measles. “We’re lucky it’s not raining today.” Despite...
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Mali: Supporting cancer patients in Bamako
November 1, 2019“Since that day, my life has been nothing but suffering and paying out money.” This is how 40-year-old Hawa sums up the medical journey that took her from her hometown Timbuktu to Bamako, Mali, and a diagnosis of cancer. Medical tests,...
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