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Kasai: 38 children died of malaria in Anga
Posted on Fri, 08/06/2018 - 11:59 | Edited on Fri, 08/06/2018 - 11:59
Thirty-eight children under the age of five died of malaria from a hundred cases recorded over the last month in the Anga health area in Dekese territory (Kasai). The information was delivered to Radio Okapi on Thursday (June 7th) by the communication officer of the Kasai Provincial Health Division.
The health area of Anga is located about 80 km from the city of Dekese, capital of the territory of the same name. It is there that for nearly a month the malaria rages. According to the communication officer of the Provincial Health Division of Kasa?, the victims begin by presenting various symptomatic signs, including a high fever usually followed by swelling of the feet.
This service attributes the resurgence of malaria in this part of Kasa? to low medical care due in particular to the stock-outs of drugs and other inputs in this health area. He plans to send a team to this area this week to provide support to health staff who are having serious difficulties.
Provincial Health Division officials in Kasai added that the team will consist of four people, including a doctor, a laboratory technician and an officer of the World Health Organization (WHO).
To curb the rise of this disease, the provincial health minister in Kasai recommends that the population use the insecticide-treated mosquito net. For, he notes, the mosquito net is an effective way to reduce the death rate from malaria by 50%.
