Military leads ECOWAS campaign against malaria

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadré Desire Ouédraogo, who was represented by Health Adviser/Coordinator ECOWAS Malaria Elimination Campaign, Dr. Mariane Ngoulla, said  the community citizens must keep their surroundings clean for the application of biolarvicide to be effective and successful.  The president also commended the military for working in synergy with malaria programme managers […]

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadré Desire Ouédraogo, who was represented by Health Adviser/Coordinator ECOWAS Malaria Elimination Campaign, Dr. Mariane Ngoulla, said  the community citizens must keep their surroundings clean for the application of biolarvicide to be effective and successful.  
The president also commended the military for working in synergy with malaria programme managers and communities.
At the ceremony held as part of the ECOWAS 39th Anniversary activities, the military personnel from the two Member States undertook the cleaning exercise to underscore the need for “military-like discipline” to achieve sustainable victory in the fight against malaria.
Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, commended the ECOWAS President and his management team for their commitment to the campaign to rid the region of the human and economic devastation of malaria.
The minister also thanked Cuba and Venezuela for their support under a tripartite agreement to build three biolarvicide factories in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Port-Harcourt, Nigeria to ensure uninterrupted availability of the product for massive application across the region towards the elimination of malaria from the ECOWAS region.
He called for concerted efforts by stakeholders “to ensure that the borderless ECOWAS envisioned by the founding fathers is not derailed.”
Togo’s Health Minister, represented by the Secretary General in the Ministry, Mr. Gado Koura, reiterated the government’s commitment and support to the regional anti-malaria campaign, while the country’s Chief of Defence Staff, Col. Felix Kadanga, affirmed the total support of the military to the success of the campaign.
The Chief of Staff noted that the United States and other countries had used a similar strategy to rid their territories of mosquitoes and malaria.