World Malaria Day: Ghana sees a decline in infection rate.

Ghana has seen a decline in the infection rate of Malaria, the head of Monitoring and Evaluation at the National malaria control program has said.

Mr. Samuel Oppong speaking on Ark in the morning show Monday monitored by Soiree News observed that the country, since it implemented the various malaria control and prevention programs, has seen a decline in the infection of the disease. 

The 25th day of April every year is marked as World Malaria Day.

World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment to malaria prevention and control. It was instituted by the WHO Member States during the World Health Assembly of 2007.

He was speaking when commenting on whether the celebration of world malaria day has yielded a positive result. He added that the number of persons who died as a result of malaria in 2017 was more than 500 but was reduced to about 200 in 2021.

The head of monitoring evaluation pointed out that, the malaria transmission at Kintampo, some parts of the Oti region, Upper East, Upper West, Savannah, and the Northern regions experience a high infection of malaria during some time of the year. 

He stated that the national malaria control team has initiated measures to help the infection between June and October when the infection rate could rise to about 60%.

He said children between 3months to 15months are vaccinated in those areas to help reduce the malaria cases.