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Malaria cases drop 70.6 percent after nearly a decade

Vietnam recorded 4,813 malaria cases in 2018, down 70.16 percent from 2009, it was reported at a conference on malaria control in border areas held in the Central Highlands of Dak Lak on April 18.
Malaria cases drop 70.6 percent after nearly a decade ảnh 1At the conference (Photo: VNA)

Dak Lak (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 4,813 malariacases in 2018, down 70.16 percent from 2009, it was reported at a conference onmalaria control in border areas held in the Central Highlands ofDak Lak on April 18.

Nearly two thirds of the cases (over 64.6 percent) were in thethree provinces of  Binh Phuoc (southeasternregion) and Gia Lai and Dak Lak (both in the Central Highlands).

Vietnam is steadily working towards the strategic target ofcompletely eradicate malaria by 2030, Deputy Director of the National Instituteof Malariology, Parasitology, and Entomology (NIMPE) NguyenQuang Thieu said.

He stressed that the national strategy on malaria preventionand elimination for 2011-2020 is designed to ensure that all people have accessto early diagnosis and prompt and effective treatment at public and privatehealth facilities, and full protection for people living in regions with riskof malaria.  

Delegates to the conference looked into outstanding problemsand challenges in malaria control work in border areas.

Among solutions put forth at the conference, localauthorities, organisations and communities are urged to allocate sufficientfunding and actively participate in prevention activities. The delegates alsorecommended strict disease supervision of immigrants, especially those who regularlystay in forests or return from malaria hot spots.

The conference agreed on the need to call for assistancefrom foreign organisations to ensure constant funding for malaria controlwork.-VNA

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