BSS, Chottagram :
Outbreak of malaria disease in Chattagram Hill Tracks (CHT) region has decreased sharply as the government has taken various initiatives to prevent spread of the disease in the region. As CHT is a malaria-prone region of the country, the authorities has given special attention in three CHT districts– Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachari — to make the districts malaria-free.
In Bandarban district, the people in the Alikadam, Lama, Ruma and Thanchi upazilas are mostly infected by malaria diseases. Local hospitals and health complexes have intensified different healthcare measures including vaccination to protect the people from malaria disease.
As part of the different initiatives, insecticide-treated nets were distributed among the households under the three districts. Civil Surgeon Dr Aung Shre Proo of Bandarban district Hospital said the people of Bandarban district are less infected by malaria disease.
“We are launching awareness campaign among the people in the district to prevent the Malaria disease,” he added.According to the statistics of Malaria Prevention Programme, nine people died of malaria diseases as 39,719 were infected by the disease in 2015.
Among the 27,737 malaria infected patients, 17 people died of the disease in 2016 and 13 died among the 29,237 patients being infected by malaria in 2017. Director of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Sania Tahmin said, “It is tough to eradicate malaria totally because malaria is a mosquito-borne disease. We are working to prevent the outbreak of the disease.”
UNB from Chottagram adds: Over the past ten years deaths caused by malaria in the country has decreased by 92 percent and the number of malaria patients also marked a sharp decrease by 65 percent.
However, the three districts in the Chattagram Hill Tracks (CHT) and Cox’s Bazar still remain in high risk of the disease. Recent statistics of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said at least 93 percent Malaria patients hail from Rangamati, Bandarbanand Khagrachari while Bandarban is the highest epidemic district having 60 percent of the total patients.
In 2017, the joint survey of National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) and BRAC found that the number of malaria patient increased to 29,000 from 27,000 in 2016.
NMEP and BRAC on Tuesday shared these information at a press conference organized to mark World Malaria Day – 2018, which will be observed worldwide on April 25. Dr. MM Aktaruzzaman, Deputy Programme Manager of Malaria and Aedes Transmitted Disease Programme, presented the keynote at the conference.
He mentioned that the death rate causing by malaria has decreased to 92 percent within 10 years. In 2007, the number of death was 228 but in 2017 the rate decreased remarkably to 13.
DGHS Director General Dr. Abul Kalam Azad said after the Rohingya influx many became worried about malaria epidemic at Cox’s Bazar but they took the issue seriously and tested at least 47 thousand people and got only 10 malaria affected people.
He also said in upcoming monsoon, there lies a risk of malaria spreading among the Rohingyas, but the DGHS is prepared to face any kind of catastrophe with the cooperation of other related ministries.
Dr. Azad said, by 2021, Malaria will be eliminated from at least 59 districts and by 2030 the whole country will be freed form it.
To mark the World Health Day – 2018 on Wednesday, the DGHS is planning to arrange several programmes including a rally at 10 am, a health camp and discussion programme at 11.30 am at theCentre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific(CIRDAP) auditorium.
Outbreak of malaria disease in Chattagram Hill Tracks (CHT) region has decreased sharply as the government has taken various initiatives to prevent spread of the disease in the region. As CHT is a malaria-prone region of the country, the authorities has given special attention in three CHT districts– Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachari — to make the districts malaria-free.
In Bandarban district, the people in the Alikadam, Lama, Ruma and Thanchi upazilas are mostly infected by malaria diseases. Local hospitals and health complexes have intensified different healthcare measures including vaccination to protect the people from malaria disease.
As part of the different initiatives, insecticide-treated nets were distributed among the households under the three districts. Civil Surgeon Dr Aung Shre Proo of Bandarban district Hospital said the people of Bandarban district are less infected by malaria disease.
“We are launching awareness campaign among the people in the district to prevent the Malaria disease,” he added.According to the statistics of Malaria Prevention Programme, nine people died of malaria diseases as 39,719 were infected by the disease in 2015.
Among the 27,737 malaria infected patients, 17 people died of the disease in 2016 and 13 died among the 29,237 patients being infected by malaria in 2017. Director of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Sania Tahmin said, “It is tough to eradicate malaria totally because malaria is a mosquito-borne disease. We are working to prevent the outbreak of the disease.”
UNB from Chottagram adds: Over the past ten years deaths caused by malaria in the country has decreased by 92 percent and the number of malaria patients also marked a sharp decrease by 65 percent.
However, the three districts in the Chattagram Hill Tracks (CHT) and Cox’s Bazar still remain in high risk of the disease. Recent statistics of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said at least 93 percent Malaria patients hail from Rangamati, Bandarbanand Khagrachari while Bandarban is the highest epidemic district having 60 percent of the total patients.
In 2017, the joint survey of National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) and BRAC found that the number of malaria patient increased to 29,000 from 27,000 in 2016.
NMEP and BRAC on Tuesday shared these information at a press conference organized to mark World Malaria Day – 2018, which will be observed worldwide on April 25. Dr. MM Aktaruzzaman, Deputy Programme Manager of Malaria and Aedes Transmitted Disease Programme, presented the keynote at the conference.
He mentioned that the death rate causing by malaria has decreased to 92 percent within 10 years. In 2007, the number of death was 228 but in 2017 the rate decreased remarkably to 13.
DGHS Director General Dr. Abul Kalam Azad said after the Rohingya influx many became worried about malaria epidemic at Cox’s Bazar but they took the issue seriously and tested at least 47 thousand people and got only 10 malaria affected people.
He also said in upcoming monsoon, there lies a risk of malaria spreading among the Rohingyas, but the DGHS is prepared to face any kind of catastrophe with the cooperation of other related ministries.
Dr. Azad said, by 2021, Malaria will be eliminated from at least 59 districts and by 2030 the whole country will be freed form it.
To mark the World Health Day – 2018 on Wednesday, the DGHS is planning to arrange several programmes including a rally at 10 am, a health camp and discussion programme at 11.30 am at theCentre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific(CIRDAP) auditorium.
