Women united against malaria
Across the Artemisia Houses network, women’s groups are real pillars in the fight against malaria.
Women in malaria-affected countries play a decisive role in reducing the number of malaria cases and deaths in rural and remote communities.
– They are the first victims of this disease: according to the WHO, pregnant women and children under the age of 5 are particularly vulnerable.
– They are the main caregivers when a member of their family falls ill, bearing all the societal and economic consequences that this entails.
-They are thus at the front line for the development of local, effective and sustainable solutions within their communities to reduce the incidence of malaria.
In the Artemisia Houses network, women’s groups are real pillars for spreading knowledge of this plant and for its cultivation by developing Artemisia gardens in their villages.
International Women’s Day on 8 March is an opportunity to highlight their work and their action. This is the case, for example, in this video, filmed in Doriana, Mali in the Sikasso region, where the Sikasso Artemisia House is developing a community garden in partnership with the Benkadi cooperative, made up of around 100 women. Their work has helped to reduce the number of cases of malaria.
