Abidjan- Malaria-related mortality fell by more than 50% between 2017 and 2020 in Côte d’Ivoire, said the director-coordinator of the National Malaria Control Program (PNLP), Dr Tanoh Méa Antoine, on Tuesday April 19 2022, during a press conference in the town of Cocody.
“The number of deaths due to malaria fell from 3222 in 2017 to 1316 in 2020”, justified Dr Tanoh, explaining that this regression is due to the improvement in the correct management of cases of simple malaria before their aggravation, thus reducing the lethal risk in patients in health centers in the community and in the private sector.
Other factors such as the gradual increase in the management of more cases of uncomplicated malaria in the community and mobile consultations in health districts with high endemicity justify this drop in the mortality rate.
The director-coordinator of the PNLP, on the other hand, underlined that in children under 5 and in pregnant women suffering from malaria, the risk of death is high. And that the number of declared cases of malaria does not impoverish significantly. The incidence in children under 5 years old increased from 594.75 per thousand in 2019 to 440 per thousand in 2020.
Dr Tanoh Méa Antoine spoke ahead of the celebration of World Malaria Day to be held on April 25, 2022 on the theme, “Harnessing innovation to reduce the global burden of malaria and save lives “.
Before the official celebration in the department of Dabou, will be held on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 April 2022, the 6th scientific symposium on malaria with the theme “Intensification of the fight once morest malaria in Côte d’Ivoire and resilience in a context of pandemic to Covid-19.
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