Ghana recorded a complete of three,745,398 confirmed malaria infections from January to September 2022 out of seven,749,627 assessments carried out, knowledge from the Nationwide Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) has proven.
The determine reveals a lower in malaria an infection as in comparison with 4,133,020 malaria circumstances recorded in the identical interval in 2021.
The nation has additionally seen a discount in malaria deaths from 196 in 2021 to 120 in 2022.
Dr Keziah Malm, Programme Supervisor of the Nationwide Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), instructed the Ghana Information Company (GNA) that extra folks have been examined for malaria earlier than remedy with testing charge at 97.6 per cent presently.
She mentioned the decline in malaria infections could possibly be attributed to using efficient malaria prevention interventions similar to using Insecticide Handled Nets (ITN), Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), larva supply administration, Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC), malaria vaccine pilot and case administration within the nation.
Dr Malm mentioned the battle towards malaria, which began from the management section had moved to the elimination stage.
“Ghana has made strides within the battle towards malaria, this 12 months we hope to see a major lower within the variety of suspected circumstances recorded on the Outpatient Division in well being services.”
She said that the World Fund had offered a sum of $47 million to fund actions of the programme this 12 months along with funding from the federal government and different organisations.
The Programme Supervisor said that this 12 months, the NMEP would embark on ITNs distribution via antenatal care and baby welfare in colleges, particularly in rural areas.
She mentioned the NMEP goal for 2025 was to make sure that all get examined for malaria and have been pushing to make sure that individuals who had not examined for Malaria wouldn’t have entry to malaria remedy utilizing the Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage card.
Dr Malm assured Ghanaians that the change of title from the Nationwide Malaria Management Programme to the Nationwide Malaria Elimination Programme could be backed by concrete actions and actions to assist push the imaginative and prescient of eliminating malaria in Ghana.
Malaria is a life-threatening illness brought on by parasites which might be transmitted to folks via the bites of contaminated feminine Anopheles mosquitoes.
The severity of malaria varies primarily based on the species of plasmodium.
The signs are chills, fever and sweating, often occurring just a few weeks after being bitten.