As part of efforts to fight malaria, the waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, will lead a nationwide programme, which seeks to destroy the breeding grounds of mosquitoes.
The Larval Source Management (LSM) programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service.
A release copied to Ghana News Agency on Thursday described the move as "a strategic shift from controlling malaria towards its complete elimination." "The programme, a core component of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), moves beyond treating symptoms and eliminating biting adult mosquitoes to systematically destroying larvae before they can hatch and spread the disease," it said.
The multi-level programme, officials say, would include land reclamation to "permanently alter breeding sites, routine clearing of streams, and the targeted application of environmentally sensitive biological and chemical agents." "We are not just controlling the mosquito population; we are working to break the chain of transmission entirely.
