Source: Merlin - UK
Date: 14 Sept, 2010
Merlin is ramping up our work in Pakistan to respond to the approaching peak of malaria season.
"We must be prepared to respond to as many as two million cases of malaria over the next four months in all areas that are mildly or severely flood-affected," says Naeem Durrani, Merlin's malaria expert in Pakistan.
"By comparison, last year's estimated figures for all of Pakistan were around 1.5 million cases for the whole year."
Once scale up is complete, the Merlin-trained network of over 2,000 health workers in 16 districts, will provide malaria control services through nearly health centres.
Durrani points out that malaria is widespread in all 62 districts that have been severely affected by the floods.
For more details: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/218926/d73d1b2712a91b2ab814eb53802c07b2.htm
No comments:
Post a Comment