Stakeholders call for adoption of emerging technologies to fight Malaria
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C. Muchira,
KBC,
2021.
Health stakeholders are calling for adoption of innovative and emerging technologies such as gene drive to change the focus of the war on malaria from just controlling its spread to actual elimination. The African Institute for Development Policy and other stakeholders have urged the government to allocate adequate resources to boost initiatives by institutions in fighting malaria and improve health.According to a 2020 World Health Organization report, in 2019, 229 million people were infected with Malaria in 87 malaria endemic countries. The African Region recorded an estimated 215 million cases in 2019 which accounted for about 94% of cases including Nigeria (27%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (12%), Uganda (5%), Mozambique (4%) and Niger (3%) accounted for about 51% of all cases globally. Although milestones have been made, the persisting high rates of illnesses and deaths have called for concerted efforts towards malaria elimination. More related to this: Public engagement and communication: who is in charge? NGOs call for moratorium on controversial ‘gene drive organisms’ Research and Innovation for biodiversity: what role for gene drive research? European Parliament calls for ban on gene drive technology
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