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Health News Thursday, April 25, 2019
Source: Ghananewsagency.org
2019-04-25
A new malaria vaccine has been introduced and is currently being tested in some African countries
Raphael Godlove Ahenu, Executive Director of the Global Media Foundation (GLOMeF), has asked the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to strengthen measures to control malaria as Ghana joins the world in celebrating World Human Rights Day. malaria.
World Malaria Day is an international celebration commemorated on April 25 each year and recognizes global efforts to fight malaria. It is an internationally recognized day, highlighting global efforts to fight malaria and celebrating progress.
GLOMeF, a non-governmental organization working in the field of human rights and anti-corruption, said since 2000 that the world has made historic progress against malaria, saving millions of lives, but that half of the world's population is still threatened by this preventable disease and the life of the child every two minutes
Globally, the World Health Organization estimates that 4.4 billion people in 106 countries are at risk of malaria. After more than a decade of steady progress in the fight against malaria, progress has stabilized.
According to the latest WHO Global Malaria Report, no significant progress has been made in reducing malaria cases between 2015 and 2017. The estimated number of deaths from malaria in 2017, at 435,000, remained virtually unchanged from the previous year.
In an interview with the Ghanaian news agency in Sunyani, Ahenu regretted that progress in reducing the malaria burden at the national level is being stalled and called for increased coverage of malaria control interventions. malaria, especially in urban slums.
He stressed that Ghana could win the fight against malaria and achieve sustainable development goals to end malaria by 2030 if the GHS kept malaria control at the top of its agenda, mobilized enough resources and allowed communities to take ownership of the struggle.
Malaria, Ahenu observed, remains both a major cause and a consequence of global poverty, and its burden is particularly heavy among the poorest and most vulnerable members of society.
However, he said he was optimistic that with renewed attention and commitment, "we can be the generation to end one of the oldest and deadliest diseases of the world. history of humanity ".
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