Houses without toilets contributes to Malaria cases-Adansihene
People get lands and put up buildings without adding toilet facilities when it happens like that, they're forced to defecate openly, others instead of drilling manholes and soak away in their homes, they rather connect it to public gutters which in turn bleeds mosquitos since they dwell in such places," Adansihene said.
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The President of the Adansi Traditional Council, Opagyakotwere Bonsra Afriyie has attributed the rising number of Malaria cases to the lack of toilet facilities in the country.
Speaking at the back of World Malaria Day which was observed for the Adansi enclave at Fomena in the Adansi North district on Friday, April 23, 2021, the Adansihene said many human acts stemming out of lack of toilets facilities are the major cause of Malaria.
"People get lands and put up buildings without adding toilet facilities when it happens like that, they're forced to defecate openly, others instead of drilling manholes and soak away in their homes, they rather connect it to public gutters which in turn bleeds mosquitos since they dwell in such places," Adansihene said.
He further charged his subjects to be wary of mosquitoes as it's effects on people are adverse.
"Malaria is a deadly disease that shouldn't joke with, it affects many people in different ways including making men weak in bed, so we should be careful of it."
On the part of the Assembly, the District Chief Executive of Adansi North, Eric Kwaku Kusi assured that the Assembly and the health workers are waging war on the deadly disease in order to rid Adansi North out of it.
"The assembly in collaboration with the health workers shared mosquito nets in 2019, this resulted in zero malaria deaths in children of five years and below, we're therefore leveraging on this feat by waging a war on malaria to drive it out of Adansi North," Eric Kusi said.
The program was under the auspices of Anglo-gold Ashanti Malaria Control Limited (AGAMAL) and speaking on behalf of Anglo-gold Ashanti (AGAG), Mr Edmund Oduro Agyei, Deputy Manager In-charge of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement observed that half of the world’s population still lives at risk from “this preventable and treatable disease which costs a child’s life every two minutes.”
He also highlighted the responsibilities that "we all have to end malaria within a generation" and urge leaders to step up the fight and "get us closer to a malaria-free world.”
He said over the past two decades, AGAMal has made great progress in the malaria fight, saving more lives.
AngloGold Ashanti, he assured, would continue to implement its flagship Malaria Control Programme through AGAMal to help eliminate the disease by 2025.
The 2021 World Malaria Day was marked on the theme, “Zero Malaria - Draw the Line against Malaria”.
The Day is an internationally recognized event highlighting the global efforts to control malaria and celebrating the gains made so far.
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