The New Times (Kigali)

Rwanda: Govt Launches New Anti-Malaria Strategy

By Evaline Namuwaya, 8 June 2012
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Mobile community health workers at the Rukara Health Facility in Rwanda.

The Ministry of Health has warned that the current strategies to prevent and fight against malaria might be meaningless without community involvement.

This was disclosed by officials from the ministry during the launch of a five year Integrated Vector Management Plan (IVM) 2012 /2017 in Kigali yesterday.

Dr. John Githure, the advisor on Malaria related issues in the Ministry of Health and USAID contractor, observed that mosquitoes have become resistant to pyrethrum drugs normally used for indoor residue spray.

"The mosquitoes have now resorted to biting humans during the day and hanging out in the night and they continue to survive," Githure pointed out.

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