Ghana recorded a reduction in malaria-related deaths by 97 per cent between 2014 and 2024, the Minister of Health, Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has said.
He said that in 2024, the country recorded a reduction in malaria-related death by 51 per cent, 36 per cent drop in under-five malaria case facility rate, and a decline in both malaria admission and outpatient cases.
Mr Akandoh said this in a speech read on his behalf by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Professor Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, in Accra yesterday as Ghana joined the rest of the world to commemorate this year's World Malaria Day.
The commemoration was held on the theme, "Malaria Ends With Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite." According to Mr Akandoh, the reduction in malaria-related deaths as well as malaria admissions and outpatient cases meant Ghana was achieving positive results in her efforts to eliminate malaria by 2028 under the National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan (2023-2028).
