Kudos to Zambia on their joint efforts to roll back malaria!

Posted by Ahna Machan, Rotary Member Our group of Zambian and U.S. Rotarians met with Dr. Mulakwa Kamuliwo (the acting coordinator of Zambia’s National Malaria Control Centre (NMCC)—and his team at NMCC.  There, we learned more about Zambia’s approach to malaria control:  one country-wide strategy, one coordinating body, and one monitoring and evaluation system.  This [...]

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Forging new friendships – with a purpose

Posted by Roy Mann, Rotary Member Yesterday we traveled for five hours from Kitwe in the north to Lusaka in south-central Zambia. On board were Ben and Gena from PATH/MACEPA, my companions Jim and John from the Seattle Rotary delegation, and our nine new Zambian friends: Ndala and Varian from the Mongu club in Western [...]

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Seattle Rotary has “deeply touched our hearts”

Posted by Jim Moore, Rotary Member On Sunday night we held a working dinner with representatives from nine Rotary Clubs.  Besides traditional Rotary fellowship, the main purpose of the dinner was to begin to specify the next steps that should be taken in implementing the Second Century Malaria Control and Eradication Project.  Though the hour [...]

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Rotarians commemorate malaria day with action, increased committment

Posted by John Adams, Rotary Member Seattle Rotary #4 was active with the Rotary Malaria Control Project on World Malaria Day today, with a team on the ground in Zambia.  Jim Moore, Roy Mann and John Adams all attended several events related to malaria eradication.  We joined with members of the Seattle PATH team in [...]

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Rotarians visit clinics in Kitwe, Zambia

Posted by Roy Mann, Rotary Member Today was another active day in Zambia’s Copperbelt. Our Rotary delegation went in two different directions, one to Luanshya and another to Mufulira—almost on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. I was in the latter group that began with a visit to Kitwe’s Buchi clinic. There we [...]

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We’ve landed in Zambia – and are on the road again

Posted by Jim Moore, Seattle Rotary After 30 plus hours of traveling, John Adams, Roy Mann, and I finally arrived in Lusaka last night. Unfortunately our luggage didn’t make it with us, but we’ve since learned that it arrived in Lusaka this afternoon and we may have clean clothes later tonight. We set off at [...]

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Kicking off the Zambia/Seattle Rotary partnership in Mpongwe

Posted by Ben Cheng, MACEPA Adovcacy and Communications Director After frantically rebooking flights following the volcanic eruption in Iceland that closed most of Europe’s airports, Gena Morgan (PATH program officer for special initiatives) and I finally arrived in Lusaka last night, two days later than originally planned. Our delegation was potentially in jeopardy as the [...]

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Blogging together to count out malaria

Posted by Cristina Herdman and Laura Newman, MACEPA Communication Officers Welcome to our blog! It’s been almost one year since we were in Lusaka to commemorate World Malaria Day 2009, and countries have made amazing progress in the fight against the disease since then. World Malaria Day is an opportunity for us to once again [...]

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