Gizo Hospital records spike in malaria cases

Although the National Malaria Control Programme welcomes this progress in the fight against malaria in Cameroon, doctors believe that this disease remains a public health problem, and to this end it is necessary to continue with the implementation of the strategies put in place to eradicate this endemic.

Gizo Hospital records spike in malaria cases

Gizo Hospital at the provincial capital of Western Province has recorded a steady rise in malaria cases over the past few weeks and months.Health officials at the hospital confirmed that most of the recent cases are Plasmodium vivax (PV), one of the two most common types of malaria parasites in the Solomon Islands.Speaking to the Solomon Star, nurses at the hospital’s Outpatient Department said, the number of patients presenting with malaria sym…