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Health Personnel Trained On Control Of Mosquitoes

Upper East: GHS, others train  health workers on Mosquito Larval Source Management   LISTEN 3 HOURS AGO The National Malaria Control Programme (NAMCOP) and its partners—Ghana Health Service (GHS), Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research (NMIMR) and Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL)—have organised a one-day training workshop in Larval Source Management (LSM) for key stakeholders in the Upper East regional capital—Bolgatanga. The LSM training, which will be replicated across the country, brought together about seventy (70) health workers from ten districts in the Upper East. The p...

The Gambia Draws the Line Against Malaria & Gears To Eliminate It Format The Gambia commemorates the World Malaria Day (WMD) under the theme, “ Zero Malaria- Draw the Line Against Malaria.” The Gambia is one of six countries in World Health Organization African Region that have achieved the 2020 milestones of reducing malaria cases and deaths by 40% compared to 2015. This was declared at a media briefing held to commemorate the WMD 2021 on 23rd April 2021.This achievement ensues while the country is still fighting COVID-19 pandemic. The Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) of 2017 showed that u...

Daily Monitor Wednesday December 16 2020 Summary Apac was found to have the highest number of mosquito bites in the world, standing at 1,564 bites. Advertisement The distribution exercise kicked off on Monday.  However, local leaders have decried the discrepancy in the supply.  The mosquito nets were supposed to be distributed according to the number of people in each household, with one net per two people. Mr Francis Ayo, the chairperson of Ilera Cell Village, Agulu Division in Apac Municipality, said he was expecting 357 mosquito nets for his area but he received only 142. “We submitted...