GHANA TO REDUCE MALARIA BY 75 % IN FOUR YEARS' TIME

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The Acting Manager of the National Malaria Control Programme, Mrs. Keziah Malm has reiterated governments’ commitment to reduce malaria related deaths by 75 per cent by the year 2020. 

According to her, a lot of strategies have been put in place to ensure that this is achieved. 

Mrs. Malm said this at a media briefing organized by the Ghana Health Service in the Ashanti region on the Long Lasting Insecticide Nets and other issues on health in the region.

 She said since the last quarter of 2014, the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service in collaboration with other development partners have distributed some Long Lasting Insecticide Nets in the Eastern, Volta, Brong Ahafo and Central regions.

 Mrs. Malm noted that since the free distribution of the nets, malaria related deaths have reduced drastically. 

She said about three million Long Lasting Insecticide Nets are to be distributed in the Ashanti region. 

She however emphasized that the net is free and every household which registered during the just ended registration exercise will be given the insecticide net, with two persons entitled to a net. 

 Mrs. Malm said collection points will be created for the distribution and upon producing a coupon given during the registration exercise. 

The Kumasi Metro Director of Health, Dr. Yeboah Awudzi announced that between January and September this year, out of the 101 deaths recorded for children under five years, 68 of them were malaria- related.

 He commended the media for their watchdog role and urged them to help in disseminating the free distribution of the Long Lasting Insecticide Nets.                                

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