He knew the symptoms of malaria and when he felt the sickness and dizziness coming on Momodou Kamera would haul himself into his wheelchair and make the exhausting journey to hospital.

Being an amputee with diabetes didn’t stop him from making his own way to seek malaria treatment. The road is uneven and passing trucks would cover him in dust. During the rains, the mud makes the trip heavy going.

Momodou likes to do things for himself, but thanks to home visits from a nurse trained with Global Fund support, his life has got better.

“Kamera’s health has improved significantly since he had a [bed] net” says Jerreh who cares for Momodou and provided him with the long-lasting net as part of a campaign financed by the Global Fund to reach people most in need of help.

“We distributed bed nets early this year” says Jerreh. Priority usually goes to women and children under the age of five because their lives are most endangered by the disease. In Gambia, giving nets to people living with HIV and people who are chronically ill is also important. It’s so difficult for them to seek diagnosis and treatment when they can’t get around.

Jerreh’s next home visit is to Momodou Singhateh – who suffered a stroke and, unable to use his limbs, could not brush away mosquitoes during the night. Now he’s partially recovered and thanks to the mosquito net he’s never ill with malaria.