UPDATES FROM THE MALI HEALTH TEAM 
Peer-led community malnutrition prevention: what we’re learning from a pilot in ten communities
Lessons learned from the first six months of the pilot of a community-led solution: a peer-led malnutrition intervention.
Developing a community nutrition program from the ground up
While malnutrition remains an urgent challenge across Mali, the number of malnutrition cases treated at CSCom Kalabancoro Kouloubleni has been dropping. Just like at ANIASCO in Niamakoro and ASACOS in Sotuba. Undernutrition contributes to nearly half of the deaths of...
Kolo ni Fassa: How women in Bamako grow gardens, health, and autonomy together
Discover how the Kolo Ni Fassa women’s cooperative in Sabalibougou, a peri-urban community in Bamako, Mali uses organic farming and collective savings to boost family health and nutrition, alongside their financial agency and autonomy.
The impact of US foreign aid cuts in Mali
The abrupt shutdown of USAID and US foreign aid is having devastating effects that feel too numerous to count. In the short term, critical programs have ended nearly overnight, and we are all still wrapping our minds around the long-term effects so that we can find a...
Unprecedented flooding in Kalabambougou
During this year's rainy season, Mali has experienced extraordinary flooding. Several regions were hit hard, including Bamako. Bamako is particularly vulnerable to flooding, particularly communities along the Niger river, like...
Improving livelihoods and food security by reducing organic waste
The Gnaman ni Sôrô ani Kènèya project has entered its third phase. Women and youth in three peri-urban communities are building a local, circular economy designed to create sustainable livelihoods and address environmental health and...
Sustaining quality: partners earn recognition for health data quality
In a very crowded hotel meeting room in Bamako, brimming with dozens of dignitaries and officials from all levels of the health system along with a wide variety of partners, a special award ceremony recognized the winners of a unique...
Maternal health equity is an urgent challenge that can be solved
Worldwide, we are losing ground on maternal health outcomes. Maternal deaths are rising in many parts of the world, and we are not on track to meet SDG 3.1: Reduce the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to less than 70 per 100 000...
Investing in health workers, from the ground up
During World Health Worker Week, let’s remember that communities and patients are not just the recipients of health worker services, but investors in them.
Advocating for the community health system in Mali’s national quality improvement strategy
Since Mali Health began our participatory quality improvement work nearly ten years ago, we have worked directly with 28 community health centers (CSComs) and 11 health districts. Though we focus on overlooked peri-urban communities, we...