Malaria claims 10 lives

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The life-threatening mosquito borne disease, malaria, has reportedly claimed 10 lives this year alone despite Ministry of Health and Wellness reporting a decrease in reported cases of the disease.

The ministry, though indicating that there has been a positive decline on the disease said that the 10 lives lost to malaria was still a high number hence the need to educate and strategise on elimination.

Speaking during a media-training workshop on Wednesday, Dr Refilwe Senyatso from the National Malaria Programme (NMP) said there was still a lot to do in sensitising the public about the disease, treatment and efforts to eliminate it.

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