Ghana: Women Take to the Skies to Fight Waterborne Disease

Kpong — Women around Ghana's Lake Volta are being trained as pilots and primary healthcare workers in an attempt to fight the water-borne disease schistosomiasis.

The women have begun delivering health-related materials to isolated communities around Lake Volta.

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