The second day I spent with the Malaria Vaccine Trial was out in the field with the community health workers. Over the course of the trial participants are required to have over thirty monthly visits, most of which take place at their homes. Field workers spend hours each day travelling by car or bicycle to reach all of the participants. The following photos are just a small glimpse of the hard work these people do day in and day out.
A woman sits with her child as other neighborhood children gather during a field visit.
Stagnant water near the village provides the perfect breeding ground for mosquitos, which transmit the malaria parasite.
During one of the scheduled visits field workers inspects the mosquito net that has been provided to the participants as part of the study.
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