Last week, the Malian Minister of Health, the Malian Minister of Youth and Sports, and many others gathered in Yirimadjo to present the Gold Ciwara Award for clinical excellence to the Yirimadjo Health Center. The award recognizes the Yirimadjo Health Center as the leading health center in its district, Commune VI. Operating in a particularly vulnerable area of Mali, the Yirimadjo Health Center nonetheless scored higher in this quality of care competition than the clinics of some of Mali's wealthiest areas.
 
Project Muso's health care delivery program operates through the Yirimadjo Health Center, through three principal strategies: 1) training and supporting Community Health Workers to bring the work of the clinic into the home, going door to door to actively search for sick patients and provide them with care 2) reforming the health care financing system to provide free care for the poor and 3) reinforcing health center capacity by constructing the Clinical Care Center, renovating existing facilities, training staff, and reinforcing monitoring and evaluation capacity. 
 
Through these strategies, we have aimed to ensure each community member has access to quality health care, to strengthen the Ministry's health care system, to more effectively prevent and treat the leading cause of illness, malaria, and to reduce the rate of child deaths.
 
Click here to learn more about our health care delivery and malaria efforts.