Togo to Launch Malaria Chemoprevention Campaign in Plateaux Region in 2024

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Thursday, 25 April 2024 16:27

Togo to Launch Malaria Chemoprevention Campaign in Plateaux Region in 2024

(Togo First) - In 2024, Togo will launch a chemoprevention campaign against malaria in the Plateaux region, as part of the Ministry of Health's fight against the disease.

The news was disclosed today (World Malaria Day) by Dr. Obou Tina ATCHA, Coordinator of the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP). "This year 2024, we will go down to the Plateaux region. We will visit every household," said ATCHA, in an interview with Radia Lomé.

The region was chosen after campaigns in the northern areas of the country. "The WHO recommended seasonal malaria chemoprevention. We started in the Savanes region, then moved down to the Centrale, then Kara," the executive explained. The campaign targets children aged 3 to 59 months. "We identify and systematically treat them, giving them a medicine that remains in their blood for a month to prevent malaria," he added.

It is worth noting that these annual chemoprevention campaigns were launched last year in July.

Togo recorded nearly 2.5 million cases of malaria in 2022. That year, one-third of the infected were children.

Ayi Renaud Dossavi

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