PHNOM PENH, April 21 (Xinhua)—Cambodia’s Ministry of Health plans to distribute some 2 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets in this year’s rainy season in an effort to reduce malaria infections, said a senior health official on Thursday.
Duong Socheat, director of the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria, said that the fund for the mosquito nets was from the Global Fund and the distribution campaigns will begin in May as the annual rainy season comes.
In March, Cambodia sets up a strategic plan to eliminate malaria by 2025, focusing on promoting more awareness campaigns and mosquito net distributions.
Last year, the center reported 60,000 cases of malaria happened and killed 118 people in Cambodia.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease. In Cambodia, the disease is often found in rainy season and mostly happened in border provinces, forest and mountainous provinces such as Pailin, Banteay Meanchy, Udor Meanchey, Stung Treng, Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, and Kratie. (Written by Nguon Sovan)
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