‘Don’t misuse treated mosquito nets’
Parents have been advised to stop misusing treated mosquito nets and put them to proper use to avoid getting malaria.
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Addressing this year’s World Malaria Day, held at Takpo in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region (UWR) last Tuesday, the Nadowli–Kaleo District Public Health Nurse, Madam Theresa Tampie, said she was unhappy that malaria was still the highest case recorded at the Out-Patient Department (OPD) in the region.
The event was organised by the Anglican Diocesan Development and Relief Organisation (ADDRO), in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on the theme “End Malaria for Good”.
Madam Tampie said despite the distribution of treated mosquito nets in the fight against malaria, particularly targeted at women and children, they continued to be the most people affected by the disease she noted that that could only mean the nets were not being put to proper use.
Donor countries
Madam Tampie reminded the parents that the nets, even though distributed to them freely, were acquired through the taxes of donor countries. She, therefore, advised mothers especially to put the nets to proper use to avoid getting sick.
Since 1996, the two institutions, ADDRO and GHS, have supported with the indoor residual mass spraying and the supply of mosquito nets in a bid to keep malaria at bay in the region.
The programme was heralded by a route march through the principal streets of the town with placards, some of which read: “Children and Pregnant Women are at risk”, “Anyone can get Malaria”, “Malaria can lead to Anaemia”, “Report Early to the Health Facility” and “Malaria Can Kill, Sleep Under Bed Nets”, for awareness creation.
The UWR Coordinator of ADDRO, Mr Joachim Bonseu, urged the people to take good care of their environment since sickness affected the country’s manpower resources and development programmes.
