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🌍 Training to Save Lives – Strengthening Partnerships for Community Health 📅 In Toliara, the MAFY project brought together 40 Community Health Workers for their first training session. This milestone reflects a shared commitment to protect communities from High Blood Pressure 🫀 and Stroke 🧠 – two major health challenges in Madagascar. Through interactive sessions with the project team, Community Health Workers strengthened their ability to: • Raise awareness in their communities about high blood pressure and stroke 📢 ; • Recognize early warning signs of a stroke 👀 ; • Conduct community-based hypertension screening and follow-up 🩺 ; • Practice case management for these diseases at community level 🧾 💡 This achievement is a powerful reminder that partnerships are at the heart of sustainable impact and essential in the fight against non-communicable diseases. Beyond theoretical knowledge, these skills are lifesaving tools that extend healthcare access 🏥 to communities in remote areas of Madagascar. Riana Samoelina RAMANANTSOA Julius Emmrich Nadine Muller