Category Archives: PCV

Disease in hiding…

February 23, 2010 – 7:45 pm

In this video, PCV Lauren Canton’s friend explains one of the reasons malaria is so problematic for people in Senegal: some people take over-the-counter medicines that simply mask the symptoms but don’t actually cure the disease. They think they’re better but then the symptoms return, and by then it can be too late.
This brings us [...]

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But Will They Use Them?

September 22, 2009 – 7:06 pm

One of the key components of any effective malaria campaign is follow-up. You can’t simply hand someone a mosquito net, check them off your list as another prevented case of malaria, and pat yourself on the back for a job-well-done. The only time mosquito nets help to prevent malaria and save lives is when people [...]

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Health Worker Tells All

July 27, 2009 – 9:00 pm

Government health worker Aminata Ndieye discusses Senegal’s national integrated bednet campaign as it rolls in the village of Gourmel. Footage captured by Lauren Canton; translated from its original French version into English.

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Introducing Lauren of Podor

July 15, 2009 – 7:35 pm

With her MNM FlipCam, Lauren Canton has been documenting how mosquito nets are being distributed and making a difference in the village where she is living called Podor. Located in the Northern St. Louis region of Senegal, Podor is right along the Senegal River near the border of Mauritania.
Check out this first film where Lauren [...]

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From The Field

July 15, 2009 – 3:39 pm

Introducing the PCVs and their FlipCam Footage

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