Butembo, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, recorded a 2.2% increase in malaria cases in the first quarter of 2022.
This is what Adelard Kamber said,
The Focal Point in Butembo Health District, on Monday 25 April 2022, on the occasion of the celebration of World Malaria Day.
According to him, the increase in malaria cases in this city is due to the lack of solidity in the city and the lack of use of impregnated bed nets in the area around the city.
” We criminalize the so-called lack of sanitation inside and outside the home by residents. The second reason is that Butembo people are used to going for rural activities outside the city. There, they are not protected from mosquitoes, and they return to the city with disease, which increases the incidence of infection. » It is to explain.
To cut short a disease that kills several people every year in the world, the focal point of Butembo Sanitary District invites every inhabitant to clean up their living environment. It also demands the public authority to do what falls within its competence in this field: Each person is primarily responsible for his health. It is a matter of conscience. For everyone around to see, what could be the basis for breeding mosquitoes and making sanitation. I also call on the authority to activate or activate the activities of the sanitation squad, with the aim of regularly evacuating the waste scattered in public squares, in order to protect the population from mosquitoes. »
In addition, Adelard Camper announced a campaign to distribute free insecticide-treated bed nets during the month of May.
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