Malaria Kills 89 people
Malaria Claimed a total of 89 lives last year whilst 51 persons died of the disease in 2009 in the Nkoranza South district of the Brong Ahafo region.
Salamatu Ibrahim, District Director of Health Services made this known while addressing an orientation workshop for community mother and child support advocates at Nkoranza.
She said a total of 59,688 malaria cases were recorded at health facilities in the district in 2009 and 61,342 by the end of last year.
The workshop organized by the District Health Directorate was aimed at sensitizing participants to help improve the health status of women and children in the area.
Madam Ibrahim said the advocates would obtain the views of other stakeholders on key issues concerning malaria prevention and treatment to help control the disease among the people.
She said they were expected to identify issues affecting the Malaria Control Programme in order to introduce the necessary strategies to reverse it.
The district director said the advocates would educate nursing mothers on the importance of supervised delivery and the need to attend post natal clinics to prevent maternal and infant mortalities.
Madam Ibrahim expressed concern about how malaria continued to dominate the top 10 cases at Out-Patient Departments at health facilities in the district.
He urged them to sensitize the people to be particular about their diet and personal hygiene to avoid contracting communicable diseases.
Charles Kwasi Gyamfi, District Disease Control Officer, urged the advocates to visit churches, groups and associations as well as traditional authorities to educate people on the causes and prevention of malaria.
He advised persons attacked by malaria to seek early treatment at health facilities.
Mr. Gyamfi asked mothers not to delay in seeking medical attention for their children below five years when they are infected with the disease.
He said potholes, ponds, rubbish dumps, empty tins and excavation sites were breeding places for mosquitoes and appealed to the people to destroy or cover such ditches.
Source Ghana News Agency
Category: Health
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