According to the World Health Organization, there were 216 million cases of malaria in 91 countries across the world in 2016 and 445,000 deaths. In Ghana, which is home to some 28 million people, there were 4.8 million cases and 599 deaths last year, a marked drop from the 2,200 who died in 2011. As Ghana’s rainy season approaches, when malaria cases increase, Owusu and his colleagues at the non-profit organisation AGALMal are working flat out. If a population of mosquitoes is sprayed and just one survives and reproduces, the resistance will be passed on, he explained. That led to the programme being expanded with additional support from global health initiative Unitaid and the Global Fund partnership.

Source: New Strait Times May 15, 2018 03:22 UTC