The Ministry of Health and Sanitation says Malawi has recorded a significant change in the number of malaria cases this year compared with the previous year.
The ministry also called for stronger collaboration among stakeholders to address gaps in the delivery of malaria prevention messages to communities.
Speaking during an opening session in Salima, Director of the National Malaria Control Programme in the Ministry of Health, Dr Lumbani Munthali, said it was time for the country to work together in the fight against malaria as government pursues its goal of eliminating the disease by 2030.
Dr Munthali said gender inequity and inequality continue to be barriers preventing some people from accessing malaria prevention and treatment services in communities.
In her remarks, Principal Gender Officer in the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Martha Kalumbi, said the training would help identify solutions to challenges affecting the delivery of malaria health messages across the country.
She said addressing gender disparities would be critical to ensuring that communities have equal access to malaria-related information and services.
Malaria continues to pose a major public health challenge in Malawi. The country was among the first in Africa to pilot the RTS,S malaria vaccine in 2019, and vaccination has since been incorporated into wider efforts to prevent and control the disease.
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