Health nonprofit in Mali secures $15 million after solutions coverage

In 2019, the freelance journalist Peter Yeung reported the solutions story “How One Community Brought Child Mortality Down From 154 To 7 Per 1,000 Live Births,” which featured Muso, a nonprofit health provider in Mali. Two years later, the organization received $15 million in funding from MacKenzie Scott, its largest gift to date. Ari Johnson, the nonprofit’s CEO, credited Yeung, saying: “Your coverage of our research brought global attention to the global child mortality crisis and to how solvable it could be. Thank you for your coverage and the part you play in this celebratory moment.”