Malaria Prevalence Rate In Ghana Significantly Reduced

Ghana has made significant strides in clamping down the spread of malaria which mostly claimed lives in the country.

The Manager of the National Malaria Control Programme, Dr. Mrs. Constance Bart-Plange recounted the achievements chalked by the nation through awareness and education of the public to fight against the disease.

Dr. Constance Bart-Plange, in an interview with Radio Gold on the World’s Malaria day, revealed that the malaria parasite prevalence rate has reduced from between 50% and 75% in previous years to 27.5%, due to the measures that her outfit together with other agencies have put in place to check the spread.

She said the disease has been kept at a minimal rate and no more threatening the economy because of the control programmes they rolled out.

She also noted that her outfit in conjunction with some health facilities and Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology have been distributing about 12.4 million mosquito treated nets nationwide with the bulk representing 97% going to various households.

Pregnant women and children are also beneficiaries of this preventive measure.

She added that the National Malaria Control agency together with Anglogold Ashanti have adopted a new method by spraying the environment in order to get rid of the mosquito larvae and ensure that the environment does not become breeding ground for the anopheles mosquito, which spreads the disease.

She was therefore hopeful of the country’s success in eradicating the disease.

Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana