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Malaria Control Program - Stories from the Field

4 February 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.

12 June 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.