Malaria killed 2,465 people last year in Mozambique

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Malaria killed 2,465 people last year in Mozambique

11:42 CAT | 02 Jun 2016

Malaria killed 2,465 people in Mozambique last year, 24 percent less than in 2014, according to the Mozambican Ministry of Health (MISAU).

Speaking yesterday at the presentation of the eighth annual report of the National Program for Malaria Control, MISAU national inspector Martinho Djedje said that last year health authorities diagnosed just over 6.4 million cases of malaria, 10 percent more than the 5.8 million cases registered in 2014.

“The high malaria burden is a major concern for the government of Mozambique, as it negatively affects the economic and social development of the country,” Djedje said.

The prevalence of malaria perpetuates a cycle of disease and poverty that follows from school and work absenteeism and the loss of skilled labour attendant upon complicated malaria cases, Djedje added.

“Although there are effective interventions in terms of costs, malaria remains a major public health problems in Mozambique, with millions of cases and thousands of deaths annually,” he said.

Reversing the current situation requires more rigour in implementing already-defined strategies based on the malaria profile at provincial and district level and not, as has previously been the case, through actions designed for the whole country.

Source: Diario Digital with Lusa