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UNICEF said the campaign, which starts today in Mali, is being enhanced by the introduction of a pre-filled injection device that will make it easier to immunize women in remote areas. The new device, BD Uniject™ with tetanus toxoid is a single dose, pre-filled syringe and needle that can be administered by lay people.
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Many peoples in the rural areas of Mali continue to live in earthen structures that are well adapted to the climate of the area. Using the Internet as a resource, investigate the Dogon architecture. Have students create models of the types of structures peoples built as houses, granaries and meeting places (togu-na).
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Mali was made up by a Nurse in the Crimean War, although rumours it was Florence Nightingale are so far unfounded. Details over the years have become somewhat hazy and blurred, hence such widely varying stories as it being a former member of the Yugoslav Republc, and the often quoted mistruth that Hitler ordered troops to invade it and purge it of people with mild asthma.
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September 2007: Zeneb Guisse, a handicapped woman, reports that most people in Mali know about the solar CooKit. Since 2001 the the Foundation has financed more than 14 Cookit trainings. Handicap International has conducted one training and the UN Environment Program has ... conducted one. A team from the national television is invited at every training (always on the budget and rather expensive) and broadcasts it then mostly the same evening with the news. This does not mean that it is being used by all the women who saw the broadcasts. Fifteen dollar for a CooKit and a pot is for a lot of women too expensive.
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There are 11.6 million people in Mali. Bamako is the captiol. The country is predominately Muslim 90%, with indigenous beliefs at 9% and Christian at 1%. French is the official language of Mali. Bambara is spoken by 80%. Only 46% of the total population are literate.
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"Sotelma has long been looking for the right technology to bring advanced communications to the people of Mali," said Mohammed Nimaga, chief executive officer of Sotelma. "With UTStarcom's iPAS system, we will be able to accomplish the goal of giving people best of breed telephony, messaging, and Internet access, while meeting their expectations of a reasonably priced service and fast activation time."
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