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More than 600,000 people die globally from malaria ever year.

Over 75% of these are children under five.

Children from the poorest households are 50% less likely to receive care, because access is one of the biggest barriers to survival.

MAF is joining the fight against malaria in more than 25 low-income countries across the world.

Flying cargo including medication, mosquito nets, healthcare providers, medical researchers, and rapid-test malaria kits, MAF is providing vital access to lifesaving care for communities living beyond the reach of mainstream treatment.

Partner with MAF today and help combat diseases, including malaria, in the most isolated places on earth.

Because mosquitoes aren’t the only ones who fly.

‘Malaria – it’s dangerous, it kills about 70% of people across Papua New Guinea.’

Jerry Rangel, Rotarians Against Malaria

 

Every single MAF-malaria flight will help fight the spread of the disease and give more patients a chance to make a full recovery.

Here are a handful of inspiring stories from the communities we serve, which demonstrate both the devastating harm malaria can cause, and the human resilliance which can fight against it.

Malaria stories

Lapalama – Papua New Guinea

According to Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM), 70% of deaths in PNG are caused by malaria. MAF flew to Lapalama twice in February 2023 to deliver 41 bales of mosquito nets to be distributed among the rural community as part of an ongoing partnership with RAM.

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Claudine - Democratic Republic of Congo

In 2017 Claudine gave birth naturally to conjoined twins Anick and Destin in a village so remote, most Congolese couldn’t plot it on a map. Given a five percent chance of survival, a MAF medevac flew them to the capital for separation surgery. It was the first successful operation of its kind ever recorded.

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Scovia – Northern Uganda

Scovia received her first malaria diagnosis as a one-year-old baby. She was born healthy, the youngest of three siblings. Scovia’s mother Jane Feku explains her extraordinary and life-changing symptoms, and how the disease has impacted their family.

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Esther – Papua New Guinea

Bridget Ingham has been a Pilot with MAF since 2017, and many of her flights in PNG have been medical evacuations. One recent flight impacted her deeply; and the malaria patient Bridget met was suffering from symptoms which went beyond a physical diagnosis. Bridget recalls the flight, which took place in January 2023.

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Rev. Dickens Onyant – Northern Uganda

Malaria is one of biggest killers in Northern Uganda, leaving behind children with no parents to care for them. The WHO estimated an increase of 1.7million cases in Uganda between 2019 and 2021. Together with PATH Ministries International, Rev. Dickens has helped established an orphanage, clinic, and outreach programmes to prevent and treat malaria, and create hopeful futures for hundreds of orphans.

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Hannah, Andrew and their three children lived in Chad and Liberia where Andrew was an MAF pilot for nine years. Credit: LuAnne Cadd

Hannah - Liberia & UK

Hannah contracted malaria in April 2019 while serving with MAF in Liberia. Despite taking all the advised antimalarial medication, she suffered an acute form of the disease. Four years on, Hannah still experiences side-effects and her life has never been the same. Now living in Aberdeen and practicing podiatry for the NHS, she recalls her long road to recovery and how the disease may impact her life forever.

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Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is the world’s largest humanitarian air operator. For over 75 years we have been flying light aircraft over jungles, mountains, swamps and deserts. We enable more than 1,400 aid, development and mission organisations to bring medical care, emergency relief and long-term development. Our pilots and personnel deliver relief workers, doctors, pastors, school books, food, medicines - everything that can only be safely and speedily delivered by air. Our faithful supporters give and pray to make this all possible.

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