Dr Corine Karema, the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Afrika Kwanza Health Impact, has commended Ghana for implementing innovative strategies to eliminate malaria, including being among 19 countries deploying vaccines to protect children under five years.
She said the implementation of Ghana's National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan (NMESP) 2024-2028, which comprised enhanced epidemiological surveillance and reactive case detection, had led to significant progress in the country's fight against the disease.
Dr Karema made the remarks at a two-day Regional Strategic Meeting and the launch of the Coalition of Parliamentarians to End Malaria in Africa (COPEMA), held in Accra.
The event, which opened on Monday and closed on Tuesday, aimed at strengthening continental partnerships between policymakers and malaria control programmes, with parliamentarians at the forefront of advocacy efforts.
