The seasonal chemo-prevention of malaria (CPS) campaign for 2024, in the health district of Yako is scheduled for July 26 to 29 and will be coupled with that of malnutrition screening acute and will affect children aged 3 to 59 months.
The Yako Health District (North) held on Thursday, July 18, 2024, an advocacy and information meeting on the 2024 seasonal chemo-prevention of malaria (CPS) campaign with opinion leaders from the Passoré province. .
The meeting chaired by High Commissioner Passoré, Daouda Sangaré, aimed to provide useful information to local relay actors for the preparation of said vaccination campaign.
For the 2024 season, the campaign will be carried out in four cycles including 4 days for each cycle. It will also concern children aged between 3 and 59 months and will be coupled with screening for acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 59 months.
Before delivering the communication, the Chief Medical Officer of the Yako Health District (MCD), Dr. Ousséni Sawadogo first provided the cont
ext for the holding of the advocacy meeting on SMC.
According to Dr Sawadogo, SMC is done through the administration of antimalarial drugs to healthy children aged 3 to 59 months to protect them from malaria.
He then justified the choice of this age group of children by the fact that they are the most affected by the disease with a significant number of deaths during the rainy season.
The MCD also made it clear that the vaccination campaign contributes to the reduction of morbidity and mortality of children due to malaria.
Ultimately, this campaign to combat malaria will help prevent cases of simple and serious malaria as well as cases of anemia.
The strategy put in place will be carried out from door to door by community distribution agents who will reach children in public places, displaced people’s sites, fields and in train stations for the administration of medicines.
‘SMC is an opportunity to identify and destroy larval breeding sites in households because unhealthy places and stagnant water are b
reeding grounds for mosquitoes favorable to the transmission of malaria. », noted, Dr Sawadogo.
For the success of the 2024 campaign in Passoré, the head of the Yako health district invited all stakeholders to disseminate information to the population while making them aware of the benefits of the campaign for households.
Source: Burkina Information Agency