Beginning February 1st two members of the Peace
Corps Togo Malaria Action Committee will be participating in a pan-African
training for the Peace Corps Stomp Out Malaria initiative which is being hosted
in Senegal. The Malaria Boot Camp will
be ten days of intensive training on the science behind malaria, current
technological advances, training techniques, and the roles of Peace Corps
volunteers in the fight against malaria across Africa.
The training represents the third round of the Malaria Boot
Camp sponsored by the Peace Corps initiative Stomp Out Malaria. Last September
the Peace Corps Togo Community Health and AIDS Prevention (CHAP) program
director and one third year volunteer from the program of Small Enterprise
Development (SED) participated in the second round of the Malaria Boot Camp. This February eleven African countries
including Ethiopia, Madagascar, Uganda, Senegal, Togo, Benin, Mali, Mozambique,
Gambia, Burkina Faso, and Zambia are participating in this training. The goal is to have all African Peace Corps
countries impacted by malaria have representatives participate in one of these trainings
in order to unify the efforts of the fight against malaria within Peace Corps
Africa.
The Malaria Action Committee in conjunction with Peace Corps
Togo hopes to acquire new tools and information to get Peace Corps volunteers
involved throughout all sectors involved in the fight against malaria in Togo.
