Ghana has made gains in the fight against malaria in the last decade, according to figures from the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP).
The Programme Manager of the NMCP, Dr Keziah Malm, said malaria-related deaths across all ages in the country were reduced by 89 per cent from 2,799 in 2012 to 308 at the end of 2020.
Also, malaria-related admissions for all ages reduced by 27.8 per cent from 428,000 in 2012 to 308,887 in 2020, while the case fatality rate among children under five years decreased from 0.6 per cent in 2012 to 0.12 per cent in 2020.
Dr Malm made these known at a webinar symposium as part of activities marking this year’s World Malaria Day last Sunday.