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General News on Friday, June 14, 2019
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2019-06-14
The training focused on knowing the different types of mosquitoes and how to control them.
Expert in waste management and member of the Jospong Business Group, in collaboration with the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Services and the Noguchi Memorial Center have begun training in-depth badysis of key malaria sector actors across the country in order to National Malaria Control Program which aims primarily at killing mosquito larvae.
This is a strategic effort by key players to reduce or even completely eradicate mosquito breeding in Ghana.
In his introductory remarks, Mr. Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, Communications Specialist on Social and Behavioral Change in the National Malaria Control Program of the Ghana Health Service, indicated that, in addition to other interventions undertaken by the Government, the Ministry's malaria control program was essential. partners such as Zoomlion would implement a national larval control program to significantly reduce the spread of mosquitoes.
Rev. Ebenezer Addae, vector control manager at Zoomlion Ghana Limited, stressed the need for collaboration in the implementation of the program, as malaria is one of the most dangerous diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and is many victims each day.
He said the program had selected key actors from the sector, such as Zoomlion district / municipal directors, district / municipal environmental health officers, regional malaria interlocutors, spray group leaders from NAMCOP and community sprayers map for spraying and some safety measures and techniques in the field of larval control and mosquitoes as a whole.
He explained that the process of mapping the effective implementation of the program in districts and communities safely was also well thought out in these trainings.
Reverend Addae said that this particular training that took place in Accra was the first of its kind that the company would replicate in all regions for the exercise to be successful.
The consultant, Mr. Silas Majambere, said the world was becoming aware that treating larvae is one of the best approaches to reduce mosquito breeding, especially in Africa.
He added that to the extent that other interventions such as the distribution and use of treated mosquito nets, diagnosis and treatment, as well as the discovery of effective drugs, the treatment of larvae was still considered the best control measure that a government would like to implement.
Dr. Majambere, a Burundian, is the director of scientific operations of the Pan African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA).
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