Program Launches to Fight Deadly Diseases in Africa

Rotary Healthy Communities Challenge will strengthen health systems in four countries.

The Rotary Healthy Communities Challenge, a three-year, $30 million program to combat disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Zambia, has officially launched. Rotary International is partnering with the Gates Foundation and World Vision to target pneumonia, malaria, and diarrheal diseases, which are among the leading causes of death for young children and other vulnerable populations in these countries.

“Rotary is committed to improving health outcomes by empowering communities,” says Aloysius Dele Balogun, the program lead in Nigeria and a member of the Rotary Club of Agege, Lagos State, Nigeria. “Through this initiative, we are equipping our community health care workers with the tools and training necessary to deliver life-saving services right where they are needed the most.”

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