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Protection against malaria: at the heart of the prevention campaign
In the south of Madagascar, Fort-Dauphin accounts for more than half the cases of malaria recorded in the Anosy region. To help the population cope with this disease, a prevention campaign has been launched there. In December 2023, seasonal malaria is rampant. Narindra Herifenitra, midwife and head of the level II...
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Appropriate infrastructure for integrated, high-quality maternal, prenatal, child, adolescent/youth
In Fénérive-Est, the Urban Basic Health Centre benefits from the support of the HAFA Velontegna project, supported by the Danish Committee. This project is committed in working to tackle chronic malnutrition and to improve the cognitive, physical, social and emotional development of children under the age of 5; it...
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Impact analysis of agroindustry and cash crop sector activities on children's rights in Madagascar
In Madagascar, cash crops represent about 22% of the country's foreign currency inflow according to the latest statistics available. Vanilla and cloves occupy the first two places with respectively 52% and 33% of the total foreign exchange earnings, while lychees account for 4%. The marketing of these products at ...
Photo essay
Girls in southern Madagascar face their future through life skills enhancement.
Sylviane, 17, is a single mother who lives in Fort Dauphin in the Anosy Region, in southern Madagascar. Her parents separated when she was young, and since then she has lived with her mother and her 4-year-old child, Razafy. Sylviane et son fils UNICEF/UN0438351/Ramasomanana Working in a mine near the town of Fort...
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In Madagascar, supporting young people to better manage their lives
Mampionona Mikaia, 19, has just given birth to her first child, Martino. She lives in the commune of Ampasy Nampoina, seven kilometers from the city of Fort-Dauphin in southern Madagascar. Mikaia had to drop out of school at the age of 16 because her mother could no longer afford to send her. The eldest of three c...
Press release
UNICEF ensures the continuity of health services to save lives
Coronavirus has disrupted health services, thus reducing attention and support for basic health services. In Madagascar, as elsewhere in the world, interventions remain focused on the response to COVID-19. Indeed, in countries with already fragile health systems, COVID-19 is disrupting supply chains for medical su...
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Making the right choices in adolescence would guarantee a better future
You have to start having sex and get married as soon as possible if you don't want to have painful periods. That's my grandmother's advice, Florentine, 16 Florentine Zarasoa lives with her grandmother in the rural commune of Ifarantsa (Anosy region), in southern Madagascar. Having moved to another commune a few ye...