PRO/EDR> Malaria – Madagascar

Malaria — Worldwide/Unknown
Between January and the end of May [2015] the malaria epidemic hit 212 923 people; 187 deaths are recorded in health facilities in the country; 31 districts had their positivity rate increase during the epidemiological season.
Dr Arsene Ratsimbasoa, Director NMCP [National Malaria Control Program] explains: “remoteness of areas causing difficulty to the supply of medicines, lack of sanitary training forcing villagers to treat the disease their own way, and inadequate medication for a