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 QuarterLine Supports Health Project in
Madagascar
McLean, VA (December 19, 2012) — Pamela Graff, the
President of QuarterLine, recently travelled to Madagascar on a
project in collaboration with the Partnership for Supply Chain
Management (PFSCM) to provide technical assistance and
supply chain assessment associated with the Africa Indoor
Residual Spraying (AIRS) project in support of the President’s
Malaria Initiative (PMI).
For this program, QuarterLine provided field assessments of
program operations and supply chain during the spray
campaigns, specifically in the highlands region of Madagascar.
“QuarterLine is excited to be participating in this important work
and to be building our capabilities to continue to support
international health programs,” commented Pamela Graff.
The Madagascar Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) project is
funded by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) and aims to reduce the prevalence of
malaria within 21 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, where
malaria claims the lives of more than 600,000 people each year,
with the greatest risk being for children under the age of five.
Madagascar is an island country located off the southeastern
coast of Africa. Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot with over
90 percent of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth. In
2012, the population of Madagascar was estimated at just over
22 million, 90 percent of whom live on less than two dollars per
day. Malaria is common in Madagascar, but the malaria
mortality rate is also among the lowest in Africa, due in part due
to the highest frequency use of insecticide treated nets in Africa.
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