Plan Donates Bicycles to Community Health Workers in Togo

Health care can be very expensive for families in West Africa. Preventable diseases such as malaria often affect young children putting them at a greater risk of contracting the disease. In Togo, over 48 percent of hospital admissions and 53 percent of home health visits are malaria related.

With Plan’s support, a group of volunteer community health care workers in the Plateaux region, a region most affected by malaria, have come together to provide health care in their communities.

Volunteers have made regular house-to-house checkups to ensure that families are healthy. However, without transportation, the health workers travel on foot making it difficult to reach everyone in the community.

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We Can’t Give Up on Financial Efforts to Save the Lives of 3 Million Children in Africa by 2015

On the occasion of World Malaria Day, 25th April, Plan reiterates the need to continue financial efforts in Africa which provide all at-risk populations, especially children under five and pregnant women, access to prevention and treatment to more effectively control the disease.

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More investment is needed to fight malaria

“The fight against malaria is a real challenge, but we are producing good results. Mothers are now accustomed to go with their babies to meet the health visitor at the twice-weekly session in the village. They also listen to my advice to refer severe cases of malaria to the health centre.” Kanca Keita works with Plan in Komocara, Cameroon, to ensure people have mosquito nets, know how to use them and can spot the signs of malaria to allow speedy treatment.

Malaria has declined over the last 10 years with more than one million lives saved thanks to the impact of prevention work and the development of rapid diagnostic tests and effective treatments for pregnant women and children under five. But with 216 million malaria cases in 2010 and 655,000 deaths, malaria remains one of the deadliest diseases in the world as we mark this year's World Malaria Day on 25th April. We’re calling for commitment to further funding.

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