by Tara Hopkins | Jun 4, 2019 | Health Promotion and Community Outreach, Learning, Women-Led Health Financing
Joe and Tara visited Mali in February and were honored to host a few American guests for an eventful week, including the celebration of our team of community health workers, and their amazing accomplishment of not having lost a single mother or child in their care in...
by Tara Hopkins | Feb 27, 2019 | Learning, Women-Led Health Financing
In November 2018, Mali Health officially became a partner in the WomenConnect Challenge (WCC) – a USAID initiative intended to “bridge the digital gender divide.” Here’s a full summary of our pilot project. For so many reasons, this was an unlikely place to find...
by Tara Hopkins | Jun 26, 2018 | Mali Health
This post was written by Mali Health Board Chair Dr. Joe Camardo, after his recent visit to Mali. At 8AM I walked out of the NIH guest house at Point G, which is settled on a hill above Bamako, into the heat of the Malian morning. The terrace provides a view of Bamako...
by Tara Hopkins | Sep 20, 2017 | Women-Led Health Financing
Kalabambougou is not far from the bustling streets of Bamako’s city center, but after leaving the paved roads behind, drivers go from dodging the moto bikes that weave in and out of traffic to skirting the car-sized pot holes formed by the deluge of the rainy season....
by Tara Hopkins | Apr 28, 2016 | Women-Led Health Financing
Mah Diarra lives in Lassa, a small community that feels remote, even though it sits in the hills on the western edge of Bamako, Mali’s bustling capital. Last year, nearly four months into her pregnancy, Mah hadn’t yet seen a doctor because she couldn’t afford to. One...
