Madagascar….again!

I spent almost two weeks in Madagascar, again with a CDC/USAID team, this time to decide how to spend the $17 million that has been allotted by the US government, based on the results of our assessment visit in March. It was great fun to see the rest of the team again, and meet some new faces as well. We had a fair number of meetings, although fewer than last visit, but spent most of the time doing this…..

Meeting in a conference room at USAID debating (more or less vociferously) where and how to use the funds and drafting the planning document. We frequently worked till after dark, and had plenty of opportunities to watch the sunset and moonrise over Antananarivo from the conference room window, which was a spectacular sight.
We also did some going out to eat afterwards: this is most of the CDC/USAID team, with the WHO malaria rep -
Once again, haute French cuisine nearly every night means extra pounds you need to shed when you get to Kenya!