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By Godfrey Broomes
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (DPI) – The government of Guyana is set to roll out a massive campaign at reducing the incidence of Malaria transmission by 2025, following a recorded 46 percent increase in cases over the last five years.
Minister of health, Dr Frank Anthony made this disclosure during an interview on Friday, ahead of World Malaria Day 2021 observations planned for Sunday. This year s observations are themed, Reaching the Zero Malaria Target. We have started training, and we will intensify this training for persons in the community who would help us with rolling out Malaria Education Programme in Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine. So, we have started training for 120 persons in these different regions, he said.
Published April 26, 2021, 3:25 PM
A malaria-free Philippines by 2030.
The Department of Health said this is the government’s target in the National Malaria Control and Elimination Program (NMCEP).
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“The COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted the delivery of services under our malaria elimination program, but this will not deter us from our vision of a malaria-free country,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a statement on Monday, April 26.
Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) global malaria report, the Western Pacific Region had an estimated 1.7 million cases in 2019 with 52 percent reduction in the number of deaths in about two decades.
Home | News & Events | World Malaria Day: With U.S. Support, Malaria Deaths and Infections Decline Significantly in Uganda | April 26, 2021 Kampala, April 26, 2021 – “Let’s be the generation to end malaria,” U.S. Mission in Uganda’s Richard Nelson said at a World Malaria Day commemoration April 25, highlighting renewed hope for ending this deadly disease in our lifetime.
Since the United States President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) launched 15 years ago, malaria death rates have fallen 60 percent across the 24 PMI focus countries in Africa. In Uganda, United States programs to prevent and control malaria have helped reduce child mortality by 53 percent and lower malaria prevalence among children under five by more than 75 percent.
Eleven countries, including Nepal, witness significant reduction in malaria cases thehimalayantimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehimalayantimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.