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  • A child is weighed and measured as part of a wellness program at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • A woman sits by the bedside of her ill husband in the United Methodist Hospital in the village of Wembo Nyama, DR Congo.
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  • A girl looks out from under the bednet on her bed in the Mary Morris Orphanage, run by the United Methodist Church in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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  • Residents of Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, clean an irrigation canal as part of an effort to destroy breeding grounds of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The project, sponsored by the United Methodist Church, is part of a larger effort to eradicate the disease, which kills more than a million people a year, most of them in Africa.
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  • A nurse checks on a patient in the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • A woman holds a newborn baby in a hospital in the remote village of Minga that was started by Methodist missionaries and is today operated jointly by the United Methodist Church and the Congolese government.
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  • A Congolese father grieves beside the casket containing the body of his 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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  • Children receive vaccinations at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • In a maternity clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Memba Idiamama rests with her newborn son, born just three hours earlier.
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  • In a maternity clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sabina Dituku rests with her week-old baby, Mbuji Kayembe.
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  • In a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wafua Tshiunza cares for her 3-year old granddaughter, Any Ngalula.
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  • Residents of Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, clean an irrigation canal as part of an effort to destroy breeding grounds of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The project, sponsored by the United Methodist Church, is part of a larger effort to eradicate the disease, which kills more than a million people a year, most of them in Africa.
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  • Students examine a skeleton model at the Lupandilo Nursing School in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The school is sponsored by the United Methodist Church.
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  • In a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jephanie Kabulu-Longo rests with her newborn boy, Kiungu, just hours after giving birth.
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  • A child is weighed and measured as part of a wellness program at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A367.jpg
  • A Congolese woman grieves over the body of her 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A418.jpg
  • As neighbors accompany the family, a Congolese father grieves over the casket containing the body of his 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A424.jpg
  • Pregnant Sheka Ehambi is examined by nurse Omba Dimoke in the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • A woman cares for her daughter with malaria in a hospital in the remote village of Minga that was started by Methodist missionaries and is today operated jointly by the United Methodist Church and the Congolese government.
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  • Patients and their family members in a hospital in the remote Congolese village of Minga that was started by Methodist missionaries and is today operated jointly by the United Methodist Church and the Congolese government.
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  • A woman cares for her daughter with malaria in a hospital in the remote village of Minga that was started by Methodist missionaries and is today operated jointly by the United Methodist Church and the Congolese government.
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  • The bare lab in a hospital in the remote village of Minga that was started by Methodist missionaries and is today operated jointly by the United Methodist Church and the Congolese government.
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  • A woman cares for her daughter with malaria in a hospital in the remote village of Minga that was started by Methodist missionaries and is today operated jointly by the United Methodist Church and the Congolese government.
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  • The operating room in a hospital in the remote village of Minga that was started by Methodist missionaries and is today operated jointly by the United Methodist Church and the Congolese government. The hospital director, pictured here, is Dr. Merveille (last name pending).
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  • A family visits a patient in the hospital in the remote Congolese village of Minga that was started by Methodist missionaries and is today operated jointly by the United Methodist Church and the Congolese government.
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  • A nurse cleans the wound of a patient in the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Pregnant Sheka Ehambi is examined by a nurse in the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • A patient in the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Pregnant Sheka Ehambi is examined by a nurse in the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Lab technician Luambo Mukando uses the microscope in lab of the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Kasongo Wungudi instructs students in how to use the microscope in the lab of the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Omba Dimoke, a nurse, stands in the doorway of the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Heath care workers stand outside the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Nurse Genie Lushima retrieves supplies from a gas-powered refrigerator in a United Methodist-sponsored vaccination center in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Heath care workers stand outside the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Luambo Dimange stays after class to do his homework in a United Methodist-sponsored school in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Omba Dimoke, a nurse, stands in front of the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • People waiting at the doorway of the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Luambo Dimange stays after class to do his homework in a United Methodist-sponsored school in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • People waiting at the doorway of the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Nurse Augustine Elando cares for 16-year old Matildhe Anekumba as she prepares to give birth in the United Methodist Hospital in the village of Wembo Nyama, DR Congo.
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  • Marie Ambaye, 22, holds her newborn son, Kasongo, soon after giving birth in the United Methodist Hospital in the village of Wembo Nyama, DR Congo.
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  • A mother cares for her sick child in the United Methodist Hospital in the village of Wembo Nyama, DR Congo.
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  • A woman sits by the bedside of her ill husband in the United Methodist Hospital in the village of Wembo Nyama, DR Congo.
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  • A male patient in a bed in the United Methodist Hospital in the village of Wembo Nyama, DR Congo.
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  • A woman visits her spouse in the United Methodist Hospital in the village of Wembo Nyama, DR Congo.
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  • A nurse treats a patient in a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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  • In a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wafua Tshiunza cares for her 3-year old granddaughter, Any Ngalula.
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  • In a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wafua Tshiunza cares for her 3-year old granddaughter, Any Ngalula.
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  • A mother and her ill child in a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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  • In a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Alphonsine Odia cares for her newborn girl.
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  • In a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Therese Ntumba cares for her newborn girl, Josephine, just hours after giving birth.
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  • In a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, nurse Agnes Ntumba puts an IV in 7 month old Kabica Kalonda, who is suffering from malaria. His mother, Marie Kalonda, is holding him.
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  • In a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, nurse Agnes Ntumba (center) fills a prescription in the clinic's pharmacy.
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  • In a clinic of the United Methodist Church in Kananga, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wafua Tshiunza cares for her 3-year old granddaughter, Any Ngalula.
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  • A United Methodist clinic in Kananga, DR Congo.
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  • A United Methodist maternity clinic in Kananga, DR Congo.
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  • A girl looks out from under the bednet on her bed in the Mary Morris Orphanage, run by the United Methodist Church in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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  • A girl looks out from under the bednet on her bed in the Mary Morris Orphanage, run by the United Methodist Church in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A144.jpg
  • Residents of Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, clean an irrigation canal as part of an effort to destroy breeding grounds of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The project, sponsored by the United Methodist Church, is part of a larger effort to eradicate the disease, which kills more than a million people a year, most of them in Africa.
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  • A girl looks out from under the bednet on her bed in the Mary Morris Orphanage, run by the United Methodist Church in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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  • Residents of Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, clean an irrigation canal as part of an effort to destroy breeding grounds of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The project, sponsored by the United Methodist Church, is part of a larger effort to eradicate the disease, which kills more than a million people a year, most of them in Africa.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A320.jpg
  • A residents of Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pauses for a moment while cleaning an irrigation canal--part of an effort to destroy breeding grounds of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The project, sponsored by the United Methodist Church, is part of a larger effort to eradicate the disease, which kills more than a million people a year, most of them in Africa.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A322.jpg
  • Students in class at the Lupandilo Nursing School in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The school is sponsored by the United Methodist Church.
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  • Residents of Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, clean an irrigation canal as part of an effort to destroy breeding grounds of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The project, sponsored by the United Methodist Church, is part of a larger effort to eradicate the disease, which kills more than a million people a year, most of them in Africa.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A324.jpg
  • Njambo Mwavi lectures at the Lupandilo Nursing School in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The school is sponsored by the United Methodist Church.
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  • Students examine a skeleton model at the Lupandilo Nursing School in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The school is sponsored by the United Methodist Church.
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  • Njambo Mwavi lectures at the Lupandilo Nursing School in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The school is sponsored by the United Methodist Church.
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  • A child is weighed and measured as part of a wellness program at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • Students examine a skeleton model at the Lupandilo Nursing School in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The school is sponsored by the United Methodist Church.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A336.jpg
  • A child is weighed and measured as part of a wellness program at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • Women watch as their children are weighed and measured as part of a wellness program at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • Mothers receive a workshop on child health at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • A child is weighed and measured as part of a wellness program at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • Mothers receive a workshop on child health at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A370.jpg
  • A child is weighed and measured as part of a wellness program at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A372.jpg
  • A child is weighed and measured as part of a wellness program at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A374.jpg
  • A child is weighed and measured as part of a wellness program at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A375.jpg
  • Children receive vaccinations at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A376.jpg
  • Children receive vaccinations at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • Children receive vaccinations at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • Mothers wait with their babies to receive vaccinations at the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • Parents sit with their child suffering from malaria in the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • A mother sits with her daughter suffering from malaria in the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • A mother sits with her daughter suffering from malaria in the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A383.jpg
  • Family members visit sick patients in the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • A Congolese boy grieves at the funeral for his 8-month old sister in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The child died from malaria.
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  • Congolese parents grieve over the body of their 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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  • A mother sits with her newborn daughter in the Shungu Memorial Health Center in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The center is funded by the United Methodist Church.
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  • A Congolese woman grieves over the body of her 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A420.jpg
  • Congolese parents grieve over the body of their 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A421.jpg
  • A Congolese woman grieves over the body of her 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A422.jpg
  • As neighbors accompany the family, a Congolese father grieves over the casket containing the body of his 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A423.jpg
  • As neighbors accompany the family, a Congolese father grieves over the casket containing the body of his 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A425.jpg
  • As neighbors accompany the family and a local man photographs the scene, a Congolese father and mother grieve over the casket containing the body of their 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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  • As neighbors accompany the family and a pastor reads from the Bible, a Congolese woman grieves over the casket containing the body of her 8-month old daughter who died of malaria in Mwitobwe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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  • Shalufa Josephine holds a child in front of an insecticide-treated bed net under which she sleeps in Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The mosquito net was provided by IMA World Health as part of its work against malaria, which has long plagued the region. The DRC is the second-leading country in the world for malaria cases. An outbreak of Ebola in the region in 2018 was accompanied by a huge spike in malaria cases. The two diseases often present similar symptoms in their early stages, making both more difficult to diagnose and treat.
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  • Shalufa Josephine holds a child under an insecticide-treated bed net that covers where she sleeps in Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The mosquito net was provided by IMA World Health as part of its work against malaria, which has long plagued the region. The DRC is the second-leading country in the world for malaria cases. An outbreak of Ebola in the region in 2018 was accompanied by a huge spike in malaria cases. The two diseases often present similar symptoms in their early stages, making both more difficult to diagnose and treat.
    drc-2019-jeffrey-ima-goma-1011-163.jpg
  • Shalufa Josephine holds a child under an insecticide-treated bed net that covers where she sleeps in Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The mosquito net was provided by IMA World Health as part of its work against malaria, which has long plagued the region. The DRC is the second-leading country in the world for malaria cases. An outbreak of Ebola in the region in 2018 was accompanied by a huge spike in malaria cases. The two diseases often present similar symptoms in their early stages, making both more difficult to diagnose and treat.
    drc-2019-jeffrey-ima-goma-1011-176.jpg
  • Dayana Makazi sits under an insecticide-treated bed net in her family's home in Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The mosquito net was provided by IMA World Health as part of its work against malaria, which has long plagued the region. The DRC is the second-leading country in the world for malaria cases. An outbreak of Ebola in the region in 2018 was accompanied by a huge spike in malaria cases. The two diseases often present similar symptoms in their early stages, making both more difficult to diagnose and treat.
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