Story: Fauziatu Adam
The Christian Council of Ghana has launched a malaria campaign to help reduce the spread of malaria in the country.
The project aims at educating people in remote areas on how to avoid getting malaria.
The programme officer of National Malaria Control Programme ( NMCP), Mr James Frimpong, called on government, religious groups and non-governmental organisations to build and sustain partnership in order to achieve the desired goals.
“To facilitate the achievement of the desired results, the strategic plan stresses on the need to build and sustain partnership amongst all the organisation in the country” he stressed.
He further mentioned that the Artemisinine-based Combination Therapies recommends Artesunate-Amodiaquine, Artemether-Lumefantrine and Dihydroartemisinine-Piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, stressing on the fact that chloroquine was no more effective for the treatment of malaria parasite.
He added that the country’s strategic approach to malaria control gives prominence to the human and material resources in the country that can be mobilised for effective action against malaria.
He, therefore, mentioned that this strategic approach is inspired by the Roll Back Malaria Initiative and technical and financial support form development partners.
He assured the council of its support within the confines of its mandates to ensure that the campaign attains the set objectives.
The Project Manager of USAID, Lisa Kramer, advised Ghanaians to use mosquito nets anytime they are going to bed which she explained will help reduce malaria in the country.
She urged all communities in the country to unite and clean their environment regularly adding that “ mosquitoes breed malaria”.
The Deputy Chief of Party for ProMPT Ghana, Miss Christie Billingley, called on Ghanaians to be proactive and vigilant in the fight against malaria because it is treatable and preventable.
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