A malaria awareness program was organised in our hospital on 27th,2008 April in observance of first World Malaria Day. Different sections of people including doctors,nurses,technicians,general staffs of the hospital, students of medical college and general public attended the program.
Prof Dr. Emran bin Yunus, a neprologist and internist and a malaria expert who is also working as monitor of malaria program in WHO international panel present the key note speech on 'World situation of malaria and Malaria Control Program in Bangladesh'. It was a nice presentation and enjoyed by all.
Dr. Abdul Mannan Bangali, National Professional Officer,Vector born control program, WHO, Dr. Musfiqur Rahman, Conultant, VBCP,WHO and Dr. Ekramul Islam, Project Manager, BRAC Operation Health, Bangladesh also spoke on the occassion. BRAC is the largest NGO in bangladesh and the world and doing good work in the health sector in rural areas.
Posters were displayed, leaflets were distributed and students of the medical college produced a Wall Paper with clips from papers and journals on the occassion.
In Bangladesh, though malaria was once 'eradicated' due to effect of DDT, it resurged back after 1971. Now 15 million people are at risk along its hilly eastern and east-northern borders. The no of cases per year is about 300,000 and deaths per year is about 2000. Malaria control program is in effect with the public and private partnership with the support of WHO and Global Fund. The target is to reduce the case and death to 50% of 2005 by the year 2012.
Bangladesh is striving hard to achieve this with success in many community programs in the bacground.
Badrud Doza
Co-ordinator, Malaria Control Program,
Chittagong Maa-Shishu O General Hospital
Related link: 1 ) Roll Back Malaria Program http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/worldmalariaday/
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