It is officially April which means it is officially Blog About Malaria Month (or BAMM). What does this mean, you ask? World Malaria Day is April 25th, and for the occasion, Peace Corps Volunteers all over Africa will be building awareness for the fight against malaria by writing, blogging, and facebook statusing about malaria all month.
So a couple of things:
1. I will try to write more than usual this month about malaria. So get excited about that. We'll see how exactly it plays out. I'll do my best to go beyond statistics about malaria-related mortality, but no promises.
2. You should join the fun! Malaria is often forgotten, perhaps because it's been around forever and is neither new nor necessarily sexy. But it won't be eradicated unless people continue fighting it--and in a coordinated way. So we (me, Peace Corps's Malaria Team, Africans everywhere I assume) would love if you helped build awareness! We even have a logo (above) that you can use to keep you in sync with the BAMMers everywhere. It was created by a PCV and won a competition so you know it's cool.
Get ready for a serious focus on malaria this month!
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