Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Joseph Essama
Published on 2024-03-07 18:36:47
The Minister of Public Health of Cameroon, Dr. Manaouda Malachie, played an active role in the roundtable discussion on financing malaria control, organized as part of the ministerial conference on malaria held in Yaoundé. The discussion focused on the challenges and opportunities related to securing and effectively deploying resources.
Dr. Malachie actively participated in the roundtable discussion focusing on “opportunities and challenges in securing and effectively deploying funding for malaria” at the Yaoundé Ministerial Conference on Malaria.
“Under the leadership of President Paul Biya, Cameroon is strongly committed to the fight against malaria […] It is therefore a national priority in terms of public policies and funding mobilized by the government and its partners for this purpose,” said the Minister of Public Health during his speech at the roundtable. He emphasized that this commitment alone is not enough to address the challenges hindering the achievement of expected results. These challenges include the lack of prioritization of health in national strategies, the lack of rationalization of interventions by different actors often carrying out the same actions in the field, and global conflicts leading decision-makers to sideline health.
To secure adequate funding for malaria control, Dr. Manaouda Malachie proposed better planning of interventions and the determination of specific areas of action, as well as the dissemination of results obtained and their impact on the country’s economy.
During the same exercise, counterparts of the Health Minister from Sudan, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mali, after presenting the actions taken in their respective countries, emphasized the need to advocate with decision-makers to prioritize the fight against malaria. They stressed the importance of investing in research to better guide resources and interventions according to local epidemiology. Furthermore, they highlighted the need to invest more in health promotion and prevention rather than focusing solely on fighting the disease.
It is through the combination of all these actions that Africa can hope to eliminate malaria and protect its populations.
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