Malaria Control Program – Real Lives, Real Change

Oct. 27, 2011
Maltra Success Measured in Millions
From Nov. 5-11, 20,000 health workers and volunteers will walk the countryside of western Amhara region, Ethiopia. Their quest: treat every person at risk—approximately 10 million—for trachoma control and screen as needed for malaria. In this Q&A, Paul Emerson, director of the Center's Trachoma Control Program, explains the remarkable results of these "Maltra"—malaria and trachoma—weeks, a collaborate effort between the Lions Clubs International Foundation and The Carter Center.

Feb. 14, 2011
Nigerian Family Fights Malaria With Carter Center Help
The 2010 launch of a new Carter Center-supported initiative is helping the Azi family and millions of other Nigerians receive greater access to malaria control and prevention, building the opportunity for a healthier future for the entire nation.

April 16, 2010
Meet Teshome Gebre: Lion of Disease Prevention in Ethiopia
Teshome Gebre, the Carter Center's country representative for health programs in Ethiopia, likes to joke that he has been in public health service for what seems like 100 years. Yet, it's impossible to ignore the great joy Teshome has received from a lifetime dedicated to fighting disease in his native Ethiopia.

Jan. 11, 2010
Battling Mosquitoes and Malaria in La Bomba, Dominican Republic
It's a Sunday afternoon in La Bomba barrio, a subdistrict of Dajabón, Dominican Republic, and the entire community can be found outside their clapboard and cement block homes to beat the stifling heat.

Jan. 11, 2010
Tracking Fevers and Teaching Prevention: A Haitian Health Agent's Story
A crowd of children follow Jonel Mompremier, 27, as he travels from house to house in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. They giggle as the health worker asks the same question at every doorstep, "Does anyone at home have any fevers?"

Oct. 1 , 2009
Microscope a Powerful Tool in Malaria Fight
Microscopist Marino Castillo pricks the finger of five-year-old girl Silvana Mayor and draws blood onto a glass slide. The girl's shirt is bright yellow, but her face is weary. Her mother says the girl has had a fever for several days, and the mother is worried that she has malaria.

Feb. 4, 2008
Bed nets offer blanket of protection
This article was originally featured in the Feb. 4, 2008, issue of the Emory Report.
On a clear May morning, farmer Sahlu Wolde woke as usual at 5 a.m., but instead of heading to his fields, grabbed his walking stick and began a four-hour hike to the health clinic nearest to his lowland farm in northern Ethiopia.

June 12, 2007
New Malaria Program Blankets Areas of Ethiopia with Bed Nets
Ethiopian farmer Mamo Tesfaye is no stranger to disease. Four years ago, he could only sit idly outside his home as the growing season came and went. Afflicted with river blindness, he could not see well enough to work his land or provide for his children.