Health Deputy Minister Chitalu Chilufya says the number of people dying from Malaria has reduced in Zambia.
Dr Chilufya said interventions such as indoor residue spraying and surveillance in the health system have helped in the reduction of the disease.
He also says government will focus mainly in rural areas where the prevalence of the disease is still high.
Dr Chilufya was speaking during the commemoration of the SADC Malaria Day in Botswana on Friday.
And Southern African Development Community-SADC- Chairperson for Ministers of Health Dorcas Mokgato says countries in the region can save a lot of national resources by improving efficiencies in the health system.
Ms Mokgato said health is a necessary investment that can take economies to greater heights.
She said there was need for members in the region to consolidate on policies that can help eliminate malaria.
Ms. Mokgato says it is unfortunate that many people still die out of malaria despite interventions and programmes on the disease.
ZNBC’s Inutu Mwanza reports from Bostwana that the SADC Malaria Day was held under the theme ‘Strong Cross Boarder Collaboration, a key to Malaria Elimination.’
The minister never said a world at the SADC conference. He made his own interview after dinner