The Algerian Ministry of Health decided to send all new income to the states that recorded dozens of cases of malaria and diphtheria in the south of the country to tests and tests reported by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
The ministry recorded “decline in the epidemic and stabilization of the health situation in these regions (Tamanrasset, Ain Guezzam and Bordj Badji Mokhtar), while controlling the spread of the disease” after the meeting that took place between the Minister of the Province. , Abdelhak Saihi, and health directors of the southern Algerian states.
The concerned states will continue to receive the quantities of medicines, anti-diphtheria serums, and vaccines they need, and “will be accepted as a means of protection by reaching 90 percent of the vaccination among residents of these areas, regardless of their nationality. “, according to the same source.
To contain the spread of malaria and diphtheria, “the same treatment protocol (tests and vaccinations) will continue to be adopted, the effectiveness of which has been proven through the rapid control of the epidemiological situation.” experiential, and maintaining multi-departmental coordination work. as an effective way to deal with these diseases.”
Algeria: Records cases of malaria and diphtheria in the south
The Algerian Ministry of Health announced on Friday that cases of malaria and diphtheria were registered in the south of the country.
The Ministry of Health also took a series of measures to strengthen the intervention of medical teams, and in this regard it was decided to send other medical missions from neighboring states that work on a weekly movement system to support and provide necessary support to medical and medical personnel. paramedical teams, “with the aim of ensuring that all registered cases are treated with the need to bring anyone who is outside under control. ” “It is suspected that he is infected with the necessary tests.”
The Minister of Health announced that medical equipment, oxygen collectors, and medicines will be sent to the southern border areas on the next Wednesday and Sunday of this month.
Three regions of southern Algeria, along the borders with Mali and Niger, recorded dozens of cases of malaria and diphtheria in the last month.
The head of the National Agency for Health Security in Algeria, Kamal Senhaji, said last week that health authorities “gave doses of vaccines and anti-malarial medicines to 145 infected people.”
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Algeria previously recorded 2,726 cases of malaria at the national level in 2020, which resulted in the death of 3 people.
The Ministry of Health said at the time that all the cases registered in the south of the country were foreigners from the Sahel and the Sahara, according to a previous report by the Algerian News Agency.
Malaria is transmitted to humans through the bite of certain species of female Anopheles mosquitoes. It can also be transmitted through blood transfusions and the use of contaminated needles.
As for diphtheria, it is a disease “caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae,” and its symptoms appear two to five days after exposure to the bacterium that causes it, and the their severity ranges from mild to severe.
2024-10-08 08:31:58
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