SD WINS AWARD FOR MALARIA PREVENTION

MBABANE – Swaziland won a high-level award for significant progress in the fight against malaria.

The country is one of three Southern African countries on track to eliminate malaria by 2020, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The country has made significant progress in scaling up malaria control interventions, leading to a significant reduction in malaria burden in the country.

This makes Swaziland to become the first country in Africa to introduce a malaria elimination scorecard to enhance tracking, accountability and action towards malaria elimination.
Together with eight African countries, the kingdom has shown commitment and innovation in the fight against the disease and was honoured by the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) at the 28th African Union Summit.

This comes at a time of historic progress toward a malaria-free Africa.
Excellence was awarded to; Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Swaziland and Uganda, for their impact on malaria incidence and mortality; and Chad, for its leadership in the fight against malaria.

WHO estimates that the country decreased malaria incidence and malaria mortality by more than 40 per cent between 2010 to 2015.
Swaziland also reduced its reported number of malaria cases to 157, with five malaria-related deaths in 2015.
Swaziland is among Africa’s leaders in terms of the proportion of the population protected with indoor residual spraying, with a reported coverage rate of 97 per cent.

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