Africa-Press – Angola. Over the last few years, Angola has achieved relevant progress in malaria control, through strategic policies such as the implementation of a package of interventions for the prevention of the disease, with the reinforcement of the distribution of mosquito nets.
The fact was announced today, in the province of Cuanza Sul, by the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, on the occasion of the launch of phase II of the National Campaign for the Distribution of Mosquito Nets Treated with Long-Term Insecticides
“In 2021, the country reported 9.1 million cases of malaria, with an incidence of 284 cases per thousand inhabitants, resulting in 13,676 deaths”, said Franco Mufinda.
According to the Secretary of State, among the communicable diseases, malaria contributes with the greatest weight to the high infant and juvenile mortality rate registered in Angola, for which it has also caused the death of several women, mainly pregnant women.
For this reason, he underlined, the Ministry of Health has used combined strategies that can be developed with the participation of all, particularly the communities, which “will certainly produce positive results that will have repercussions on the improvement of health indicators and with an impact on improving the citizens’ lives”.
During the intervention, he also highlighted the increase in the availability of rapid diagnostic tests, which allows increased access to diagnosis of the disease, especially in units without a laboratory, and access to early treatment based on Artimisinin.
” The Sustainable Development Goals, an international commitment to which Angola is a signatory, foresees, among other things, ending the epidemic of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases by 2030″ , said Franco Munfinda.
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