The West Akim Municipal Health Directorate in the Eastern Region has distributed 63,835 Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN) out of 66,604 allocated Nets within Five days.
Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) have played an important role in the remarkable success in reducing malaria burden over the past decade, a core prevention tool, and widely used by people at risk of malaria.
A release from the Disease Control Unit of the West Akim Municipal Health Directorate indicates that 28,867 households were registered for the free Net and only one person refused to correct the Net.
Beneficiaries in the Sub-Municipal includes Akanteng, Amanfrom, Asamankese,Aworasa,Blue Diamond, Brekumanso, Ekoso Quarshie, Osanase, Pabi and Sabon Zongo.
The Municipal received 1,199 bales which is 59,950 pieces instead of 1,332 bales(66,604 pieces) and covered 102 per cent.
Malaria is a life-threatening disease transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2019, there were 229 million recorded cases of malaria around the world, with 409,000 deaths from the disease.
However, it is young children that are the most impacted. In the same year, 274,000 children under 5 years of age died of the disease, accounting for two-thirds of all malaria deaths worldwide.
Sleeping under a LLIN is one of the best ways to prevent malaria, as they form a physical and chemical barrier against mosquitoes.
Source: mybrytfmonline/Mensah Atakora
