Malaria cases reported in Limpopo
The Limpopo Department of Health has already indicated that thousands of houses were fumigated throughout the five districts of the province since the launch of the anti-malaria campaign in Vhembe district in late August.
Apparently, three children at Khujwana Village outside Tzaneen have been diagnosed with malaria and the Institute’s Deputy Director of Programmes Manager, Erick Mabunda says there are only a few cases in the Mopani and Vhembe districts and talk of an outbreak is simply an unfounded scare.
“We have cases that are coming up all over, but that is not an outbreak. Malaria is just here and there, and that is not surprising to us because we expected cases to come up now. Our teams will be starting to spray again soon,” said the deputy director.
Scattered
“As of now, we have seen cases in Phalaborwa, Giyani and in Vhembe. However the cases are not localised, they are scattered all over and they not that many,” Mabunda said.
Malaria is more prevalent in the Mopani and Vhembe districts of the province during the rainy season although recently it has been traced in other districts too. The provincial health department is determined to spray even in regions that are malaria-prone but have not reported any cases.
“Everything is well placed and our clinics have enough treatment and our teams will be starting with spraying now,” Mabunda said, adding that systems were in place to curb the spread of malaria.
Earlier in August the provincial health department spokesperson Neil Shikwambana highlighted that the focus would be in the Vhembe and Mopani districts, and they would also increase the number of sprayers between August this year and February 2019 by employing over 300 seasonal sprayers in addition to the 42 malaria spraying teams they already have.
An edited version of this story was published by Health24.
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Malaria cases reported in Limpopo
by Mogale Mojela, Health-e News
September 21, 2018