Ministry of Health says the country has recorded significant progress in the control of waterborne diseases such as malaria.
Speaking during a press conference, Minister of Health Elijah Muchima says malaria cases have decreased from 11.5 million in 2023 to 9.5 million in 2024 representing a 24 percent reduction in malaria incidences from 403 cases per 1000 population in 2023 to 305 cases per 1000 cases in 2024.
The media reports that Mr Muchima adds that the mortality rate of malaria has decreased by 40 percent, dropping from 8 deaths per 100,000 population in 2023 to 5.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2024.
He says that building resilient health systems will enhance the capacity of health systems, improve supply chains for malaria prevention and treatment tools and will help ensure availability of quality services during health emergencies.
Meanwhile Mr Muchima reiterates that engaging and educating communities is vital towards promoting the use of insecticides treated nets, early diagnosis and prompt treatment.
Furthermore, he says the government is firmly committed to providing quality health care services and implementing evidence based malaria interventions as close to families and communities as possible.
Zambia has joined fellow Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states in commemorating the SADC malaria week observed under the global theme “Resilient Health Systems and Communities Key to Malaria Elimination.”
Seeing the rains havent started in earnest is this not a natural occurance ?
Please can we have another report in a couple of months time
All advances in health should be acknowledged and commended
But this GRZ seem to be spewing out wrong statistics time and time again