By Alka Subramanian | Executive Director
Zambia has made significant progress in malaria control even though it is among the 20 countries with the highest malaria incidence and mortality globally. The country has put in place measures, such as provision of bed nets and training of health providers in the management of severe malaria. In 2018, 80% of households owned at least one insecticide treated net (ITN), and in rural areas 77% of children slept under an ITN. However, progress toward malaria control and prevention worsened in 2020 due to high rainfall, ageing insecticide nets, and insufficient indoor spraying. The ongoing pandemic has aggravated this situation as fewer people seek treatment to stay safe from COVID. For the last 18 months our goal has been to keep families in our program educated on COVID prevention, know how to use and store bed nets, and sleep under an ITN during malaria season.
To keep families safe from malaria, 8,000 long lasting insecticide treated nets and education on malaria were provided in 2021. Our plan is to provide an additional 7,000 ITN's before the next malaria season that starts in September/October. This will bring the total number of ITN’s provided to 15,000 benefiting up to 60,000 children or 30,000 adults as each ITN can sleep up to four young children or two adults.
Thanks for keeping vulnerable chidlren and families malaria free and healthy.
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