To control the spread of malaria in Liberia, the government of Liberia, with support from Plan International Global Fund has promised to distribute about 2.6 million insecticide treated mosquito nets early next year. Daniel V. Somah, National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) Coordinator, said the pending distribution exercise will eventually ensure each household receiving three mosquito nets. Somah said since 2007, the NMCP and partners have distributed over four million nets; in 2015, the program distributed 2.8 million nets through its universal mass campaign across the country. “We want to encourage people to sleep under treated mosquito nets, to spray the walls with medicine that would kill the mosquito parasites,” Somah urged. “We will ensure that at least all households in Liberia receive mosquito nets, and will follow up with them to see if they are actually sleeping under them everywhere and every night,” he said.

Source: Daily Observer December 20, 2017 02:26 UTC