Botswana, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Swaziland, Uganda and Chad are the eight countries in Africa that have been recognized for their efforts towards reducing the rate of malaria infections and deaths by the African Leader Malaria alliance (ALMA).
The countries are lauded for their innovation in the fight against the disease. The success is attributed to the countries’ political goodwill, adequate financing and implementation of technically sound interventions.
World Health Organization that Comoros, Botswana, Cabo Verde and Swaziland have maintained the gains that they made in the period of 2000 to 2010 and thus on their way to eliminating Malaria in 2020.
Malaria rates across Africa have fallen by 62 percent in all age groups and 69 percent among children under the age of five. Sleeping under long lasting insecticidal nets, indoor spraying and diagnostic test of children and treatment of pregnant women has contributed to this success.
Malaria is still a threat in Africa with at least 195 million cases out of 212 million cases reported worldwide from Africa and with malaria related deaths reported in Africa 394,000 cases of the 429,000 reported worldwide.
