Malaria awareness programme launched

As part of efforts to minimise causes of malaria in the Akuapem South District, four organisations have jointly launched a clean-up campaign at Nsawam in the District to rid the area of filth and dirt and help reduce the high incidence of malaria.

The organisations included the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the Nsawam branch of the Liberty Baptist Church the Akuapim South District Assembly and Meadowlake Baptist Church of Conway, Arkansas in the United States (US).

The team will from time to time give public talk on health, organise the public for clean-up exercise to clear weeds in and around their places of abode and desilt drains and choked gutters.

Mr. Ebenezer Akotua the District Co-ordinator of NADMO told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Nsawam that a survey conducted in the District showed that about 60 percent of deaths at the Nsawam Hospital were caused by malaria and said all efforts must be made to minimise it if not eradicated.

He said as part of the program the team has started disilting Mateta streams and hoped the exercise would be extended to other parts of the District.

Mr. Akotua said a medical team from the Meadowlake Baptist Church of USA would offer free medical treatment of the disease and other illnesses at Nsawam and Dago also in the District.

He appealed to voluntary and other identifiable groups to assist members of the team during the exercise to ensure its success.