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Sunday, July 14, 2019 Health News
Source: ghananewsagency.org
2019-07-14
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The Upper West region has had the highest number of malaria cases and has also surpbaded the number of malaria-related deaths from 2011 to 2016, according to health officials, who described the trend as alarming and threatening.
Officials who revealed the revelation to Tumu at a meeting of stakeholders for malaria prevention (SMC) also indicated that the number of children registered with malaria parasites was growing. alarming.
Addressing stakeholders, Mr. Saani Nyuasun, Sissala East Municipality's Chief of Disease Control, said the meeting aimed to implement malaria control strategies for children aged between three to three years. five years.
He added that cases of malaria were more common during the rainy season, with children being the most affected.
Based largely on the results of the 2011, 2014 and 2016 malaria surveys, Nyauasun said that the region of the Upper West had cases of malaria and deaths reaching 51.2% in 2011, 37.5% in 2014 and 21.3% in 2014. 2016
Mr Nyuasun said that the highest number of reported cases were recorded in the Upper West region and that deaths of children under five were the most at risk.
The seasonal malaria chemoprevention exercise is a preventive intervention implemented by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in collaboration with its partners in 2015 in the Region.
The aim was to provide malaria vaccines to children aged 3 to 5 to prevent them from getting malaria, even if bitten by mosquitoes.
However, he added, before the municipality of Sissala East can be declared a malaria-free zone, it must move from the control stage to the pre-elimination stage, then to the elimination stage and finally to that of eradication.
Mr. Nyuasun stated that the health services provided malaria control: distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated bednets (LLINs), residual indoor spraying (IRS), intermittent preventive treatment, seasonal malaria chemoprevention, and diagnosis and control. treatment case management.
He added that failure to treat malaria in the early stages of development could lead to spontaneous abortions, malformations in children, cerebral malaria leading to mental disorders and learning disorders in children. .
He encouraged the community to join the ongoing campaign to fight against malaria among children, especially during the rainy season of July, August, September and October.
He called on stakeholders to support the exercise of the PSC by providing resources such as funds and vehicles, as well as to promote other disease prevention interventions.
He was convinced that the move could help reduce the number of malaria cases.
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