HEALTH MALARIA Malaria No More takes fight against malaria to orphanages ENGAGEMENT TO FIGHT MALARIA (srce Mr. chocolate) Malaria is a deadly parasite disease transmitted through the bite of female anopheles mosquito that mostly bites at night. The disease has continued to be one of the main concerns of the Ministry of Public in Cameroon. Cameroon is among the 10 endemic countries hard-hit in the world and as a matter of fact, according to the National Malaria Control Program report, in 2016, 1,479 345 cases were confirmed in Cameroon; being 20% of diseases in health centres and making 42% of hospitalization, 2 639 deaths and 65% recorded in children less than 5 years of age. It is against this backdrop that Malaria No More (MNM) through her ambassadors on Friday, November 2, 2018 sensitized and donated about a hundred Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN) to two orphanages; Foyer Père Monti and Orphilinat Marie claude Nlate, all in the Ebolowa II. Foyer ...
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