|
|
Liberia: GoL Launches Bush's Malaria Initiative Today
 |
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
The NEWS (Monrovia)
14 March 2008
Posted to the web 14 March 2008
Monrovia
The Ministry of health and Social Welfare and USAID would today launch President George Bush's Malaria Initiative at the C.H. Deway High School in Tubmanburg, Bomi County.
The Minster of Health and Social welfare, Dr. Welter Gweningale would launch the activities with the theme: "Working together to fight malaria in Liberia".
According to a release issued in Monrovia recently, the program is expected to be graced by members of the National Legislature, UN agencies, United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the Diplomatic Corps.
It said others expected to be in attendance include Ms. Lucretia Taylor, Interim USAID Mission Director, the Superintendents of Bomi County Mohammed Massaley and Grand Cape Mount County Katherine Watson.
The President's Malaria Initiative has already begun the distribution of bed nets in Grand Cape and Bomi Counties.
Almost 197,000 mosquitoes nets have been distributed to families in Bomi and Grand Cape County since mid January 2008.
Malaria kills more than 1 million people very year, vast majority of whom are African children; in Liberia, malaria is the leading cause of death and illness, according to the release.
The entire Liberian population is at risk of malaria, including an estimated 565,000 children under five, and 188,500 pregnant women who are mostly vulnerable to the disease.
In February this year, the PMI contributed medicine to treat 496,000 cases of malaria to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
The PMI will provide US$12.5 million each year to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for the prevention and treatment of malaria in Liberia.
|
In Liberia, as in the other 15 PMI countries, the goal is to cut malaria death by 50 percent at the end of 2010.
This would be done by reaching 85 percent of the most vulnerable group, in line with the strategic plan of the National Control program in Liberia.
The PMI activities focus on preventive and treatment measures including the procurement and distribution of long lasting insecticides- treated bed-nets, indoor residual spraying, preventive treatment for pregnant women, providing treatment for malaria cases through ACT medications campaigns, education and capacity building at all levels.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Copyright © 2008 The NEWS. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections -- or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Make allAfrica.com your home page | RSS Feed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top | Site Guide | Who We Are | Advertising | Search | Subscribe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Questions or Comments? Contact us. Read our Privacy Statement. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
