Partners – Dakar Calling

Senegal Surround Sound
- Malaria No More is partnering with Youssou N'Dour, Senegal's most popular singer and biggest media owner, to launch a groundbreaking malaria education and advocacy campaign in Senegal which we call Senegal Surround Sound. Our aim? To create a culture of bed net usage and malaria treatment by mobilizing the best local marketers from the worlds of entertainment, sport, faith, and business.
Who Am I?
- I'm Martin, Malaria No More's Program Director for Senegal Surround Sound. Contact me: martin.edlund@malarianomore.org or +221776735683 in Dakar
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Category Archives: Partners

A Place Called Hope

May 22, 2009 – 10:03 am

The good people of the Clinton Foundation West Africa team have kindly let me to squat at their pad while my own apartment is being set up. You’ll be glad to know that here at Chez Clinton they practice what they preach: Below is a pic of the expertly jerry-rigged bed net that I’ve [...]

By Martin Edlund | Also posted in Accomodations | Comments (1)

All Prevention is Local

May 18, 2009 – 2:38 pm

Reflections on visiting a case de santé or “health hut” here in Senegal. This one, in Thiès, is a model for village-level health care in the country. As a part of the visit, we witnessed a fascinating grandmother’s malaria education session. See below for video of grandmothers dancing against malaria!

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By Martin Edlund | Also posted in Health Huts, Travel | Comments (0)

Trip to Thies

May 15, 2009 – 1:36 pm

On our third day in Senegal, Martin and Bouba visit Thies, an hour outside of Dakar, to meet with the Christian Children’s Fund Consortium, a group of health partners who run Senegal’s 1,300 Case de Santé (Health Huts), the most local level of health care. We’re working with them to ensure the message reaches every [...]