The city of Butembo located in the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo recorded an increase in malaria cases of 2.2% in the first quarter of 2022.
This is what Adélard Kambere said,
focal point of the Butembo Health Zone, on Monday, April 25, 2022, on the occasion of the celebration of World Malaria Day.
According to him, the increase in cases of malaria in this city is due to the insalubrity in the city and the non-use of the impregnated mosquito nets in the peripheral zone of the city.
« We incriminate what is called non-sanitation inside and outside the house by the inhabitants. The second reason is that the population of Butembo is used to going for rural activities outside the city. There, they are not protected once morest mosquitoes, and return to town with the disease, which increases the cases. » he explained.
To block the road to this disease which kills several people every year in the world, the focal point of the Butembo health zone calls on each inhabitant to clean up their living environment. It also asks the public authority to do what is within its competence in this area: “ Everyone is primarily responsible for their own health. It is a question of conscience. Let everyone see around him, what can be the basis of the breeding of mosquitoes and make sanitation. I also ask the authority to activate or revitalize the activities of the sanitation brigade, with a view to regularly evacuating the refuse lying around in the public square, in order to protect the population once morest mosquitoes. »
In addition, Adélard Kambere announced the campaign for the free distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets during the month of May.
Mitterrand MASAMUNA
