A break from landscape pictures .... and pictures of what I actually came to Madagascar to do! Once we got to the region of Menabe (starting with Miandrivazo), we stopped at every town along the road that had a health center to observe the campaign (and at the ones that didn't, to make sure they what day the campaign personnel would be in their village). I had tons of forms to fill out (next installment), but this section is all fun pictures at the campaign posts.
Here is our vehicle in front of one of the health posts. 
The first few days of the campaign, there were large crowds at every health center. There have been previous vaccination campaigns, but no one is particularly anxious to get their children vaccinated. But when you add in worm medicine and vitamins, and particularly a bednet to protect against mosquitoes, people come in droves. Many health workers told us they were seeing far more children than expected. Yay!
There's not a lot of shade, so people found it anywhere they could while they waited for their turns.
All the children had to be registered and have their health cards filled out.
This is a little girl taking her worm medicine.
Insecticide treated nets are really my thing - I think they are one of the best ways of preventing malaria that we have, and certainly one of the most cost-effective. This center had one hung up as an example.
Kids with their nets! There are two brands of long lasting insecticide treated nets (nets that come already treated at the factory, and last 5 years or more) on the market: Olyset and Permanet. The Niger campaign distributed Permanets. There were both Olysets and Permanets in the Madagascar campaign, but only Olysets in Menabe. (Neither is conclusively better than the other, though some people have strong opinions on either side.)
The net always seems to get carried home on the little head. :)
More fun pictures of moms, kids, and nets - makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. :)
Here is our vehicle in front of one of the health posts. The first few days of the campaign, there were large crowds at every health center. There have been previous vaccination campaigns, but no one is particularly anxious to get their children vaccinated. But when you add in worm medicine and vitamins, and particularly a bednet to protect against mosquitoes, people come in droves. Many health workers told us they were seeing far more children than expected. Yay!There's not a lot of shade, so people found it anywhere they could while they waited for their turns.All the children had to be registered and have their health cards filled out.This is a little girl taking her worm medicine.Insecticide treated nets are really my thing - I think they are one of the best ways of preventing malaria that we have, and certainly one of the most cost-effective. This center had one hung up as an example.Kids with their nets! There are two brands of long lasting insecticide treated nets (nets that come already treated at the factory, and last 5 years or more) on the market: Olyset and Permanet. The Niger campaign distributed Permanets. There were both Olysets and Permanets in the Madagascar campaign, but only Olysets in Menabe. (Neither is conclusively better than the other, though some people have strong opinions on either side.)The net always seems to get carried home on the little head. :)More fun pictures of moms, kids, and nets - makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. :)
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