There are many success stories. Here are a few:

Mustapha Dangeni, a young peasant, recalls that his two children used to be smitten with fever almost every month before he got a bednet. Now, he says, they have been healthy for a whole year. Mr Dangeni and his wife have been able to spend more time tending their fields, so they have produced more spare maize and millet at a time when their expenditure on anti-malarial drugs is at an all-time low. With the extra cash, they have bought a radio, a bicycle and some furniture. "Things are continually improving," says Mr Dangeni, smiling as he leans against a sack of charcoal.

--Economist Print Edition Special Report. Health Care in Poor Countries. For 80 cents more. August 15, 2002 Morogoro

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