Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Bamako, Mali August 11, 2022

Location:  Worldwide Event:  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 2 Travel Health Notice for Monkeypox in Multiple Countries .  The World Health Organization has determined the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern ( click here to view the WHO’s determination). Actions to Take: Travelers should AVOID : o    Close contact with sick ...
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World Malaria Day: United States and Mali Advance the Fight Against Malaria

April 25, 2022 On World Malaria Day, the United States and Mali have much to celebrate in our successes against this deadly disease, and we reaffirm our commitment to continue this work with our Malian partners. This past year, the United States and Mali continued to advance the fight against malaria, despite immense challenges posed ...
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Health Alert – U.S. Embassy, Bamako, Mali – March 16, 2022

Location: Mali, countrywide  Event: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 1 Travel Health Notice for Measles in Africa .​ Actions to take: All travelers to Africa, including infants and pre-school aged children, should be fully vaccinated against measles, according to CDC immunization schedules. If you are not sure if you or your travel ...
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Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Welcomes U.S. Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccines to Mali

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, announced a second donation of the Johnson & Johnson Janssen (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine as part of the U.S. government’s efforts to fight the pandemic in Mali and around the world.  This shipment of 168,000 vaccine doses arrived in Bamako, Mali, on October 23, 2021, and was ...
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Keneya Nieta: USAID/Mali Invests in Healthy Communities

FOR RELEASE December 3, 2020 Bamako, Mali – The United States and Mali share a belief that a healthy population is essential to building a stronger, more prosperous nation. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has issued a $55 million award for Keneya Nieta to improve community health in Mali over the next ...
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Ending HIV/AIDS in Mali and Worldwide: Resilience and Impact

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1, 2020 Seventeen years ago, when the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) began, HIV was a death sentence in many parts of the world.  Now, we have the opportunity to control this disease for which there is no vaccine or cure.  December 1, World AIDS Day, we remember ...
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U.S. Contributions to the COVID-19 Response in Mali

U.S. Contributions to the COVID-19 Response in Mali The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, new U.S. technical and material assistance arrives in hospitals and labs around the world. These efforts, in turn, build on a decades-long foundation of American expertise, ...
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U.S. and Mali Celebrate 30-Year Partnership Combatting Vector-borne Illnesses

On Thursday, December 19, 2019, Ambassador Dennis Hankins participated in the 2nd Annual Medical Entomology Open House at the University of Sciences, Techniques, and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB) and visited Doneguebougou Village, where a vaccine research team launched a trial to test a vaccine that prevents mosquito infections. The activities aimed to bring awareness of ...
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U.S. Department of Defense Offers HIV / AIDS Prevention Materials to Malian Army

August 16, 2019 – The Defense Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Mali, Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Germosen, attended an official donation ceremony to present medical equipment from the U.S. Department of Defense to the Malian Ministry of Defense’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Program. The handover ceremony took place on August 16 at the Military Health Services Directorate in ...
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United States and Mali – Fighting Malaria Together

April 25, 2019 –World Malaria Day  Over the last five years, Mali with assistance from the United States, has reduced the burden of malaria by 60 percent – helping to improve the health resilience of people living all over the country.  This achievement is as result of cooperation between many partners and countless communities throughout ...
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Ambassador Paul Folmsbee and USAID Launch the “One Health” Program

Ambassador Folmsbee and the Director of USAID – Mali, attended the launch of the national workshop for the establishment of the platform “One Health” which is a global health approach supported by the US government in partnership with several other nations, including Mali. The “One Health” platform is funded by the US Government through USAID, ...
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