Malaria -- Sudan
In a remote northwest corner of South Sudan, [a 35-year-old woman from the village of Adiang is in a hurry. She walked for 1.5 hours] before managing to flag down a truck to drive her and her sick son another hour to the hospital.
Her son is 2.5 years old and has malaria. She gave him some anti-malarial medication at home but it didn't help. He then started convulsing and she knew it was time to make the journey into Aweil [Northern Bahr el Ghazal state].
The city of Aweil is a patchwork
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