AMMREN Executive Secretary, Dr. Charity Bika, applauded Egypt
and Morocco which have been malaria free since 2000 as well as Algeria, which
achieved this feat in 2016.
The network also acknowledged five African countries,
namely, Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, South Africa and Swaziland, which have
been identified as most likely to eliminate malaria by 2020.
April 25, 2018, Accra - World Malaria Day is here again
to bring stakeholders together in the hope of winning.
Describing the fight against malaria as fight against one
of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases, Bika said that each year, 25th
April has been set aside as the World Malaria Day to highlight efforts to
control malaria and celebrate the gains that have been made.
Equally, she said, since 2000, the world has made historic
progress against malaria, saving millions of lives. However, half the world
still lives at risk from this preventable and treatable disease, which costs a
child’s life every two minutes.
As the world commemorates this year’s World Malaria Day,
the African Media and Malaria Research Network (AMMREN), made up of a group of
African journalists and scientists leading a malaria advocacy agenda, “it is
also gratifying that Algeria, Comoros, Madagascar, the Gambia, Senegal, and
Zimbabwe have also been honoured this year by the African Leaders Malaria
Alliance for leadership in scaling down malaria cases.”
As said by her, “we all look up to these shining examples
of countries that are making progress in the fight against malaria.”
AMMREN further urged countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and
Kenya to double the malaria control efforts to ensure they join or at least get
close to the ranks of countries at the elimination stages by 2020.
Nenye Dom/GEE
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