Nine districts in C/R benefit from 1,000,133 treated bed nets.

Cape Coast, Jan. 24, GNA- The Ghana Health Service (GHS) last December embarked on a "Long lasting insecticide treated nets hang up" campaign in the Central Region where a total of 1,000,133 nets were distributed.

The exercise, which began from November 28 to December 9, 2011, was carried out in nine districts in the Region with eight more to cover.

Briefing the Press in Cape Coast on the exercise on Tuesday, the Regional Biologist and Malaria Coordinator, Mr. Moses Asante, said the goal of the exercise was to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality rate by 75% by 2015.

He noted that the GHS took delivery of the nets, which had been well treated to last over three years from the Department for International Development (DFID) through the UNICEF.