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Millions safe from malaria thanks to indoor residual spray project

Thursday, March 4, 2021 Nearly 3 million people from Mangochi, Balaka and Nkhata Bay are safe from malaria. This follows a successful Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) project by World Vision and the Ministry of Health, informed by a review of malaria prevention interventions organised by World Vision and the Malawi Ministry of Health. Celebrating the milestone, Deputy Director in the Ministry of Health responsible for malaria prevention, National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) Doctor Michael Kayange said this is important considering the need to keep malaria in check, especially now that the country is also grappling with COVID-19. “We have done so well, because our spray coverage is over 90% in all the districts where we have rolled out IRS. Consequently, we have also reduced malaria incidences by over 50% in Mangochi [and Nkhotakota] where we started implementing the project earlier on”, said Kayange. He later stressed on the need for people to stay vigilant wi

Indoor Residual Spraying; key to achieving zero Malaria in North East region

World Vision Fighting Malaria in Hills of Usisya

World Vision Fighting Malaria in Hills of Usisya World Vision spray operators have really to endure the heat and sacrifice to reach the mountain top to find structures to fumigate Water is the major transport in this beautiful area; people to move from one area to the other to visit their friends in Usisya have to use Boat. It can take over 3 hours on the water to reach the village. IRS team visited Mulunguzi village, 4 hours from the boat dock. Usisya in Nkhata-Bay  is 65 Kilometres away from Mzuzu city. The area is one of the hardest to reach in Malawi. The terrain of Usisya is hilly and not easy to travel with a car especially when one is coming from Mzuzu. Although the beautiful nature of Usisya is fascinating. Many people in Usisya are fishermen.

Malawi: World Vision to Lead Fight Against HIV and Malaria in Malawi

World Vision to lead fight against HIV and Malaria in Malawi

December 18, 2020 Charles Kabena 2 Comments World Vision will partner the Malawi government’s Ministry of Health to implement interventions to fight Malaria, Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS across the country. The grants, given by Global Fund, will be rolled out from January 2021 and run to 2024. Malawi government launched global Fund grants to be implemented by World Vision and the Ministry of Health.  Presiding over the launch of the grants at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe, Malawi’s Minister of Finance, Felix Mlusu, thanked the Global Fund for its sustained contribution to the Malawi health sector. Since 2003 Malawi has accessed and utilized financial support from Global Fund worth US$1.6 billion.