Walter is a Master’s student at the University of Fianarantsoa, studying biodiversity. He is also the Research Director for improper Madagascar, leading a project that aims to understand how the natural environment influences health outcomes in a network of 30 remote villages around the Manombo Special Reserve of Southeastern Madagascar.
Walter leads improper’s interventions seeking to develop solutions that address the environmental stressors making people sick, such as contaminated drinking water and malaria