Posted on 03.27.2023 at 08:16 by Hawa Toumagnon
A clearing, hope. Regular registration of malaria cases in three districts of the Cbetween Mali prone to malaria now allows local health actors of measure lare infection trends. Ils will be able now trigger an emergency intervention, when the infection threshold sera reached, in order to curb potential epidemics.
Through training organized by WHO in 2021, 62 health workers of FromIt isma, Koutiala and KIt isinIt isba learned how to calculate the epidemic threshold from malaria infection data.
“Thus the agents can no longer be surprised by an epidemic of malaria that could create a large-scale health emergency, because, at the end of each month, they draw the evolution curve of the disease”, notes Dr. Christian Itama Mayikuli , RWHO representative in Mali.
In Mali, 27 districts have been identified as being at risk of a malaria epidemic because of difficulties related to prevention due to the pandemic of Covid-19 and To insecurity.
When the epidemic threshold was reached in the month of August 2022, sensitization focused on the correct use of mosquito nets and the avoidance of water stagnation was carried out in some villages, as malaria cases were linked to the increased frequency of precipitation that year.
According to Dr. Christian Itama Mayikuli, the extension of the project in 2024 will make it possible to reinforce the achievements and to evolve considerably towards the objective of the elimination of malaria by 2030 in the Sahel.
