'Cross-border malaria elimination' key to ending killer disease

Mosquitoes are responsible for nearly one million deaths globally with malaria causing over 600,000 deaths in 2020. [iStockphoto]

The fight against Malaria has received a major boost following the development of a four-year Regional Malaria Strategic Plan.

The Great Lakes Malaria Initiative (GLMI), East Africa Community (EAC) Sectoral Council of Ministers responsible for health has approved the costed Great Lakes Malaria Initiative Strategic Plan 2021-2025.