Malaria: final preventive round targets 5.5 million children in Burkina Faso
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sidwaya
Burkina Faso’s secretary-general of the Ministry of Health, Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, supervised in Laye the fourth and final round of the seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign, held from 15 to 18 October. The local health centre’s head reported a fall in cases, while the campaign targets around 5.5 million children nationwide, according to Sidwaya.
Dr Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, secretary-general of Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Health, supervised the fourth and final round of the seasonal malaria chemoprevention plus (CPS+) campaign in Laye, in Kourwéogo province, on Friday 16 October. The campaign targets 5.5 million children, according to Sidwaya.
In Laye, Issouf Sawadogo, head of the local Health and Social Promotion Centre, reported a fall in malaria cases, Sidwaya reports. During the visit, the ministry sought to check that this final stage of the campaign was being carried out properly.
This final phase continues the Burkina Faso malaria campaign targeting 5.5 million children, announced on 16 October.
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