Malaria: Nearly half of pregnant women received intermittent preventive treatment in 2022
This information was revealed following the results of the survey on malaria indicators in Cameroon, presented on October 26 in Yaoundé. According to experts, it reduces episodes of the disease and the associated risks of death, miscarriage and low birth weight. The national average, estimated at 49%, varies from region to region. In the North-West and South-West, for example, this percentage is estimated at 69%, compared with 48% for Adamaoua, 45% for the Far-North and Littoral and 42% for the North. Also, nearly three out of every 10 children aged 6 to 59 months contracted malaria in the same year, just as access to insecticide-treated mosquito nets rose from 21% in 2011 to 64% in 2022.
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