In Southern Sudan, illiterate women have succeeded in treating ten times more malaria affected children than are usually treated in clinics, with Global Fund support.
"One of our ‘Star Distributors’ who is an illiterate woman had correctly assessed and treated a child... It is just wonderful to see…the empowerment of the community and specifically of women within the community!"
The people of Rubmakauch, an isolated village in Southern Sudan, are very excited. For the first time, they have managed to diagnose and treat a baby suffering from malaria. This is thanks to Elizabeth Nyatuoy. Elizabeth is one of many trained malaria volunteers called ‘Community Distributors’, who are turning the tide against malaria, which kills over 200 Sudanese every day, most of them children.
“… The Global Fund provides the drugs which the program's modest budget could not hope to cover, (available for years to come and on a wide scale)…” says the International Rescue Committee (IRC), an implementer of the Global Fund grant. Katharine Haxall, a health programme manager with the IRC explains the process of selecting community distributors and empowering communities to successfully deliver health services.
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