Vanessa Vick for The New York Times
Manama Bejie, center, and his family grieving for 14-month-old Suonguno, who died in a village in northern Ghana that lacked a doctor.
PONYAMAYIRI, Ghana — In this poor, dusty village of 550 people, four babies died of malaria in October, among them 11-month-old Yire Are. As word spread that the government would be handing out mosquito nets that prevent malaria, his uncle made sure he was there with his own children, their heads shaved in mourning.
“I came to claim a mosquito net,” the uncle, Konyiri Doorkono, said firmly, his 3-month-old son clasped in his arms.
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