Partners in the fight against malaria have resolved to be actively implicated in the fight against the disease.

This is one of the recommendations of a two-day meeting that grouped national and international partners engage in the fight against malaria that held recently in Yaounde.

The over 120 partners are determined to elaborate a strategic plan to sensitize, inform, educate and communicate the mishaps of the disease to Cameroonians thanks to the technical expertise of the Ministry of Communications.

Participants in the meeting also agreed that funds be put at their disposal by the Global Fund to the National Malaria Control Programme, to enable them realise their projects, and that a committee will be set up to ensure the follow-up of activities of the national partnership.

It has been noticed by the National Malaria Control Programme that many are working for the fight against the disease without its knowledge. Some organisations are active in the distribution of treated mosquito nets to pregnant women and children below five in the provinces, this, not to the awareness of the mother partner.

It was against this backdrop that the two day meeting grouping partners in the fight against malaria was held. Among other things, the objective of this meeting was to bring out the map of all partners in the fight against the disease. 'Some partners in the provincial levels are doing great in the fight against malaria and we don't know.

I think this meeting will enable us to know exactly what they have been doing', the Permanent Secretary of the National malaria Control Programme, Dr. Ndong 'A Besong told The Post. He further explained that the come together will enable them to know the type of funds the partners have been using so that they will be able to document the activities for the benefit of the nation.

Above all, he reiterated the partners' commitment to the active implication in the battle.