ZAMBIA PRAISED FOR MALARIA FIGHT

Written by on April 4, 2023

AFRICAN Leaders Malaria Alliance has said Zambia is a leader and example of how Malaria prevention and elimination programmes should be run on the Continent. 

African Leaders Malaria Alliance Executive Secretary Joy Phumaphi was speaking when she paid a courtesy call on Health Minister Sylvia Masebo at her Office in Lusaka yesterday.

Ms Phumaphi who is also former Minister of Health in Botswana said Zambia is a leader and example of how Malaria prevention and elimination programmes should be run on the Continent. 

She said the Alliance has a lot of confidence that Zambia will be able to stir a cross border Malaria programme to ensure that the disease is eliminated not just in Zambia but the Continent. 

And Ms Phumaphi said the alliance will support Zambia in finding partners that will assist in the manufacturing of new insecticide mosquito nets.

Meanwhile  Ms. Masebo said government is committed to provide quality health care services and evidence based Malaria inventions as close to the family as possible.

Ms Masebo said as the Ministry advances equity it will prioritize access to services in the hard to reach and rural communities mostly affected by Malaria. 

The African Leaders Malaria Alliance is an alliance of all heads of States and government on the Continent. – ZNBC 


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