Kids-related malaria dropping


Latest survey results show that the rate has been reduced to 7.3 per cent in 2017 from 14.4 per cent in 2015

TANZANIA has marked World Malaria Day with a significant drop of cases in children under five to 7.3 per cent in 2017 from 14.4 per cent in 2015.

This was said by the Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ms Ummy Mwalimu yesterday, after launching the Tanzania Malaria Indicator Survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

This year’s celebrations were held nationally in Kasulu District, Kigoma Region. The 2017 Tanzania Malaria Indicator Survey was presented to the Minister by the Director General of the National Bureau of Statistics Director General, Dr Albina Chuwa. The minister said that regions with the highest rate of malaria infections and especially to children aged below five years were Kigoma leading with 24.4 per cent.

The others (percentage in brackets) are Geita (17.3), Kagera (15.4), and Tabora (14.8). Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Njombe, Songwe and Dodoma regions have the lowest rate infections with less than one per cent. Dr Albina Chuwa remarked further: “These statistics have shown that malaria infections have gone down with highest rate and this are good news to everyone and explains the government’s efforts in fighting against malaria. As a country, nation and a society, we should continue coming together and join forces to fight malaria, and especially to young children aged below five years and expectant mothers.” She added: “

Despite the efforts we are making, we still face challenges, including some Tanzanians who misuse our free distributed long lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLINs). I take this opportunity to state that the nets are safe and that reports of that the nets reduced fertility, and especially to men, were false.” The minister praised the efforts as gestures of good relationsby partners – the United States’ President’s Malaria Initiative – PMI through USAID, JOHNS Hopkins Centre for Communication in Tanzania, Switzerland, Global Fund and VectorWorks project.

On his part, the USAID Tanzania Mission Director, Andy Karas, said that over the last 12 years, the United States’ President’s Malaria Initiative – PMI through USAID, had been working with the government of Tanzania in efforts to eliminate malaria in the country. “I am proud that PMI has contributed to the achievement of Tanzania’s good results in cutting back malaria. Many children are alive today because of efforts in Tanzania and 18 other countries around Africa where PMI operates.

Over the past decade, PMI purchased and distributed nearly 10 million nets in Tanzania, purchased 20 million rapid diagnostic test kits and 38 million of the most effective treatments – ACT, and protected over two million people annually through indoor spraying,” he said. On her part, the Switzerland Ambassador to Tanzania, Florence Tinguely Mattli, commended the government’s efforts in fighting malaria, saying Switzerland had been supporting the Ifakara Health Institute to carry out malaria-related researches for over 50 years.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Diamond aibua jipya tuhuma za Hamisa Mobetto kupigwa na Bi. Sandrah

Image
Tangu wiki iliyopita zimesambaa taarifa za Hamisa Mobetto kuchezea kipigo cha ‘Mbwa Koko’ kutoka kwa mama yake Diamond – Hata hivyo ukweli wa taarifa hizo haukuwezekana kufahamika mpaka sasa. Lakini Diamond ameonekana kuibua upya suala hilo huku akionekana kutoa jibu la tukio hilo lakini kwa kutumia njia ya mafumbo. Msanii huyo wa WCB, amecomment kwenye video ya mama yake ambayo ameiweka kwenye mtandao wa Instagram kwa kumfananisha mama huyo na bondia aliyekuwa hatari zaidi ulingoni, Mike Tyson.
Read more

Idris Sultan ‘Mi Nina Kiingereza, Shilole una Nyumba Nani Anamcheka Mwenzie’

Image
Mchekeshaji Idris Sultan amezua hii jingine kupitia ukuarasa wake wa instagram baada ya kum-post Shilole “Shishi baby” na kuandika caption ambayo imezua gumzo kwa mashabiki kutokana na comments zilizoandikwa kupitia picha hiyo. Idris Sultan aliandika “Ana nyumba, ana bishara zaidi ya tatu, ana watoto, ameolewa na ni maarufu na bado ana baby face. Mi nina kiingereza tu. Tuendelee kuendekeza ujinga tutajua nani anamcheka mwenzake 😂🙌🏽”
Read more

Sababu ya kuachiwa Babu Tale ni kuwa amri ya kumkamata yeye na ndugu yake Idd Shaban Taletale ilitolewa kimakosa

Image
Sababu za kuachiwa Hamis Shaban Taletale maarufu kama Babu Tale mmoja wa wakurugenzi wa kampuni ya Tip Top Connection, aliyekuwa akisota mahabusu, akisubiri amri ya kupelekwa kifungoni gerezani, zimebainika. Babu Tale ambaye pia ni meneja wa mwanamuziki wa muziki wa kizazi kipya Naseeb Abdul, ‘Diamond Platnumz’, aliachiwa kwa muda na Jaji Edson Mkasimongwa, kwa kile kilichoelezwa kuwa amri ya kumkamata yeye na ndugu yake Idd Shaban Taletale ilitolewa kimakosa. Kwa mujibu wa chanzo chetu kutoka mahakamani hapo, makosa yaliyobainika katika amri hiyo ni kwamba aliyeitoa, Naibu Msajili wa Mahakama Kuu, Dar es Salaam, Wilbard Mashauri hakuwa na mamlaka ya kutoa amri hiyo na kwamba ilikuwa haieleweki. Hivyo Jaji Mkasimongwa alimwachia jana kwa muda lakini akamtaka afike mahakamani saa 6:00 mchana, leo Mei 25, 2018. Babu Tale alitiwa mbaroni Jumanne Mei 22, 2010, kwa amri ya mahakama hiyo iliyotolewa na Naibu Msajili Mashauri Februari 16 na hati ya kuwakamata iliyotolewa
Read more

Zari Amkumbuka Ivan Katika Kumbukumbu Ya Kifo Chake....Leo Katimiza Mwaka Mmoja

Image
Zarinah Hassan maarufu kama Zari The Bosslady amezidi kumkumbuka aliyekuwa mume wake Ivan Semwanga aliyeaga dunia mwaka jana tarehe 25 mwezi wa tano. Ivan ametimiza mwaka mmoja Tangu alipofariki mwaka jana nchini Afrika ya Kusini kutokana na maradhi ya moyo. Zari alijaliwa kupata watoto watatu wa kiume na marehemu Ivan na walikuwa katika Mahusiano kwa miaka mingi sana. Zari alianza kumuenzi Marehemu Ivan tangu jana ambapo aliandika ujumbe huu Kwenye ukurasa wake wa Instagram:
Read more

Diamond Platnumz Apewa Gari Mpya na Uongozi wake wa Wasafi

Image
Msanii wa Bongo Fleva Nassib Abdul maarufu kama Diamond Platnumz amekabidhiwa ndinga mpya ya kifahari na uongozi wake wa WCB. Muimbaji huyo mapema leo alipost video fupi akionyesha gari hiyo ya kisasa aina ya Toyota Land Cruiser. “Management yangu imenipatia Toy hii ndogo kwa ajili ya mikutano yangu ya kampuni,” alindika Diamond kupitia Instagram
Read more