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C/R: Health officials trained ahead of mass malaria control programme

C/R: Health officials trained ahead of mass malaria control programme

The management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Services and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research have jointly trained over 130 health and environmental health professionals to be deployed for a mass mosquito larvae spraying exercise.

The exercise is aimed at helping to substantially reduce mosquito breeding in the region.

Ghana has decided to use the approach of larviciding to destroy the larvae of all kinds of mosquitos to prevent them from multiplying.

A Senior Entomologist at the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research, Dr. Samuel Dadzie underscored the importance of larviciding in Ghana’s fight against mosquito breeding to help eliminate malaria.

He said, the program selected key players in the sector such as Zoomlion’s District/Municipal Managers, District/Municipal Environmental Health Officers, District/Municipal Malaria Focal Persons, NAMCOP Spraying Gang Leaders and Community Sprayers for the training on scientific methods to control the breeding of mosquitos across the nation.

Dr. Dadzie was optimistic that the calibre of persons on the program will impact positively on the control of mosquito breeding at the community level.

Mr. Kwame Dzudzorli Gaskpey, Social and Behaviour Change Communications Specialist of the National Malaria Control Program of the Ghana Health Service urged the participants to consider the key players in the community such as traditional, religious, and opinions leaders among others to convey their messages to the populace.

He said the demography of the people must also be considered for effective communication.

Dr. Silas Majambere, Director of Scientific Operations of the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) is lead consultant of the programme.

He hinted that the world was now aware that larviciding is one of the most effective malaria control interventions to reduce mosquito breeding, especially in Africa.

He took participants through the process of mapping among others.

In an interview with some of the participants, they were of the view that because of the rigorous nature of the training, the trickling effect will be positive in Ghana’s efforts to reduce the spread of mosquitos.

Source: citifmonline.com

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