For the past two weeks I’ve been part of a mission with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to investigate a malaria outbreak in Androy. The team visited the towns of Ambovombe, Antanimora, Andalatanosy, and Bekily, and many of the smaller villages around them.
One of our primary information-gathering techniques was to do a house-to-house survey on residents’ mosquito net use. Mosquito nets, usually impregnated with insecticide, are the most effective tool for malaria prevention.
The villages in this area are extremely poor. The people raise goats and zebu, and farm cassava in the thin soil. The single-room houses have mud walls and thatched roofs. Up to ten people may sleep in one house.
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| Bekopiky Sud, near Andalatanosy. |
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| Bekopiky Sud, near Andalatanosy. |
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| Bekopiky Sud, near Andalatanosy. The wife is wearing a traditional face mask made from crushed roots. |
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| Anjata, near Bekily. |
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| Anjata, near Bekily. |
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| Antsakoamary, near Bekily. |
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| Bekopiky Sud, near Andalatanosy |
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| Anjata, near Bekily. The rods in the corner are a walking stick, a cattle goad, a metal spike for digging cassava, and a spear for defense. |
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| Tsikolaky, near Bekily. |
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