SADC Malaria Day

02 October 2006

The MEC for the Department of Health and Social Development, Mr. Seaparo Sekoati will be a guest speaker at the SADC ( South African Development Community) Malaria Day commemoration to be held in Limpopo on Friday 03 November 2006 in Vhembe district.

This year’s focus is on Indoor Residual House Spraying with insecticides, the main strategy for malaria prevention and control used in South Africa.

The theme: SADC region accelerating and scaling up Indoor Residual Spraying with DDT.

About 12 million people fall sick from malaria in the whole world every year while in the SADC region we have around 300 000 people dying of malaria every year. Yet this illness is preventable and curable, hence the department of Health and Social Development is raising the profile of malaria in Limpopo which is one of the three malaria prune provinces in South Africa.

South Africa has had some extraordinary successes against malaria in recent years through the provision of effective drugs and vigilant vector control. As South Africa, we are implementing cross boarder malaria control between Zimbabwe and Mozambique in order to prevent deaths for malaria. This is a need for private sector support for malaria control particularly at community level where there is a greatest need for education and awareness.

The event will take place as follows:

Venue: Sanari Primary school inTshikondeni village, Mutale municipality, Vhembe District
Date: 03/11/2006
Time: 10H00

Issued by Communications Services
Contact Person: Head of Communications Services -
Phuti Seloba :0828070796 / 015 293 6053