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Date:11/6/2009

in malaria prevention shot up from a very low percentage to 80%.

"At Plan, we believe public health strategies that include the participation of children and the entire community, have a greater chance of yielding positive results, especially for the long term," says Tam.

Another Plan project helped a largely illiterate community in Cameroon create their own health system by using maps to represent individual households. Community members were better able to track existing health issues, monitor the progress, and take steps to solve the problems.

Founded more than 70 years ago, Plan is a child-centered nonprofit with no religious or political affiliations. Plan works in 48 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas, empowering millions of children, families, and communities to lift themselves out of poverty using methods that are innovative, cost-effective, and sustainable.

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