{"id":20526,"date":"2024-06-13T16:02:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20526"},"modified":"2024-06-13T16:02:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:02:42","slug":"campaign-launched-to-combat-malaria-in-region-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/campaign-launched-to-combat-malaria-in-region-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Launched to Combat Malaria in Region Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Government of Guyana has launched a significant campaign to distribute long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in Region Eight as part of a comprehensive strategy to combat malaria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony led the outreach in Mahdia, emphasizing the adoption of region-specific approaches tailored to address malaria effectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He underscored the government&#8217;s commitment to eliminating the mosquito-borne disease by 2030, highlighting the collaborative efforts involving mining areas due to their high risk for mosquito breeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Kashan James, Coordinator of the National Malaria Programme, expressed optimism about achieving a substantial decline in malaria cases in Region Eight by the year&#8217;s end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He attributed this progress to the active measures being implemented as part of the National Malaria Strategic Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary vector control strategy involves the distribution and use of Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LLINs) across regions 1, 7, 8, 9, and 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 60,000 nets are expected to be distributed under this initiative, aimed not only at malaria but also at combating dengue fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health&#8217;s steadfast commitment underscores its dedication to improving public health outcomes through targeted interventions and community engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Guyana has launched a significant campaign to distribute long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in Region Eight as part of a comprehensive strategy to combat malaria. Health Minister Dr. Frank&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20528,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20526\/revisions\/20528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}