By Nicholas Osei-Wusu
The Anglogold Ashanti Malaria Control, AGAMal is to begin an 11-week indoor residual spraying campaign in 16 administrative districts in four regions of Ghana.
The campaign, a collaboration between AGAMal and the National Malaria Elimination Programme, NMEP with funding support by the Global Fund, seeks to protect about one point-four million children against malaria in line with the NMEP’s objective of 2024-2028 malaria elimination strategy.
A statement signed and issued by the Communications Manager of AGAMal, Isaac Kwakye-Appiah and copied to the GBC in Ashanti noted that, the indoor residual spraying, which has become an annual campaign, involves the use of WHO-approved insecticide in the interior walls of homes and identifiable public places where mosquitoes thrive.
According to the Statement, the insecticide will be efficacious in the beneficiary places for one year without staining the walls, it’s odourless and protects an entire community against malaria transmission. All the 11 districts in the Upper West region, three in Upper East, and two in Ashanti have been selected to benefit from the campaign which spans from 7th April to 20th June this year.
It noted that the campaign is to be done at no cost emphasizing that, beyond positive impact on public health, the Indoor Residual Spraying campaign will create temporary jobs for about one thousand four hundred (1400) people hired to form Spraying Gangs thereby contributing to the local economies of the regions and districts involved.
The statement urged all residents in the beneficiary districts to take keen interest in the exercise by supporting and cooperating with spraying gangs to ensure effectiveness of the campaign.
