Ghana is on the path to eliminating malaria
- At a glanceBetween 2011 and 2025, Ghana has seen a 98% drop in malaria fatalities, and Dr Nana Yaw Peprah, Deputy Head of the National Malaria Eradication Programme, says elimination is “within reach”.
- Dr Elisabeth Tabitha Abbew has observed the change from her post at the head of the infectious diseases department at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, which hasn’t recorded a single malaria death in two years.
- Medical professionals agree: it’s the fact that Ghana is deploying a combination of all the available anti-malarial interventions, from vaccines to preventive meds, mosq
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- At a glanceBetween 2011 and 2025, Ghana has seen a 98% drop in malaria fatalities, and Dr Nana Yaw Peprah, Deputy Head of the National Malaria Eradication Programme, says elimination is “within reach”.
- Dr Elisabeth Tabitha Abbew has observed the change from her post at the head of the infectious diseases department at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, which hasn’t recorded a single malaria death in two years.
- Medical professionals agree: it’s the fact that Ghana is deploying a combination of all the available anti-malarial interventions, from vaccines to preventive meds, mosq
Sources: Gavi