Myanmar to launch anti-malaria project in three state, divisions
Myanmar to launch anti-malaria project in three state, divisions
21:34, November 05, 2009 
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Myanmar will launch a one-year project to fight malaria disease in country's Rakhine state, Bago and Magway divisions under Japanese grassroot grant assistance, sources with the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.
The anti-malaria project, which cost about 3 million U.S. dollars, will be funded by the Sirus Corporation of Japan and the field work is to be carried out by regional health authorities, the sources said.
Myanmar is striving to cut the number of deaths caused by malaria by half in the year 2010 in the wake of that about 700,000people in the country are infected with the disease yearly.
To realize the target, the health authorities are calling for preventive measures against the fatal disease with the participation of the entire people and also with a high level of health awareness.
The preventive measures are outlined as imparting knowledge to the people, using mosquito nets treated with insecticide, cultivating the habit of visiting hospitals and receiving proper treatment.
In February 2007, the Japanese government had extended similar grant aid of 178,822 U.S. dollars to Myanmar to help fight malaria in the country's Bago division covering the region's eastern and western parts, earlier official report said.
Malaria is among the three diseases of national concern which Myanmar has been encountering. The other two are HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB).
Myanmar treats the three diseases as priority with the main objectives of reducing the morbidity and mortality in a bid to become no longer a public problem and meet the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations.
In its prevention efforts against malaria, the Myanmar government has distributed 50,000 long lasting insecticidal nets annually since 2000 to hardly accessible areas of national races with up to 400,000 existing bed nets also impregnated with insecticide annually since then.
Source: Xinhua
The anti-malaria project, which cost about 3 million U.S. dollars, will be funded by the Sirus Corporation of Japan and the field work is to be carried out by regional health authorities, the sources said.
Myanmar is striving to cut the number of deaths caused by malaria by half in the year 2010 in the wake of that about 700,000people in the country are infected with the disease yearly.
To realize the target, the health authorities are calling for preventive measures against the fatal disease with the participation of the entire people and also with a high level of health awareness.
The preventive measures are outlined as imparting knowledge to the people, using mosquito nets treated with insecticide, cultivating the habit of visiting hospitals and receiving proper treatment.
In February 2007, the Japanese government had extended similar grant aid of 178,822 U.S. dollars to Myanmar to help fight malaria in the country's Bago division covering the region's eastern and western parts, earlier official report said.
Malaria is among the three diseases of national concern which Myanmar has been encountering. The other two are HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB).
Myanmar treats the three diseases as priority with the main objectives of reducing the morbidity and mortality in a bid to become no longer a public problem and meet the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations.
In its prevention efforts against malaria, the Myanmar government has distributed 50,000 long lasting insecticidal nets annually since 2000 to hardly accessible areas of national races with up to 400,000 existing bed nets also impregnated with insecticide annually since then.
Source: Xinhua
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