Minister of health and social services Kalumbi Shangula has revealed that the Zambezi region has recorded a total of 3 385 malaria cases with one death since January 2025.
He said this during the fifth commemoration of World Leprosy Day in Namibia at Kongola in the Zambezi region yesterday.
Shangula said malaria is ravaging the country, especially the Zambezi region.
He added that more efforts are urgently required to achieve the goal of zero malaria transmission in Namibia.
“Malaria can be prevented and treated. It is exactly for this reason that we have decided to launch the indoor residual spraying campaign relatively early in order to reach the needed coverage. I was disappointed to learn that a significant number of community members have refused entry to our spray teams into their homes, which means that their homes remain a reservoir of mosquitoes and a source of malaria,” he said.
Shangula appealed to communities to allow the spray teams to enter their homes to save precious lives, and to traditional leaders to convince their subjects in this regard.
“We are using a new and effective insecticide which is harmless to people,” he said.
Shangula added that the national indoor residual spraying campaign to combat malaria is ongoing, as malaria is endemic in 10 out of Namibia’s 14 regions.
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