Pakistan wins ‘Alliance for Malaria Prevention Award 2018’

ISLAMABAD: In recognition for meeting international target on prevention of malaria, Pakistan has won the Alliance for Malaria Prevention (AMP) Award 2018, ARY News reported Thursday.

The AMP held its annual partners’ conference on January 28 and 29. The conference was ALSO attended by a two-member delegation from Pakistan. It was hosted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

The meeting convened over 100 participants and provided a forum of globally-recognized importance devoted to Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) programme implementation.

Pakistan received the award for distribution of anti-mosquito nets among people under a limited budget approved by the Alliance for Malaria Prevention. Under the campaign, 239,132,9 anti-mosquito nets were distributed among 104,4694 households in 11 districts of the country, including five from Balochistan and three each in Khyber Pakhtonkhwa and Sindh.

The anti-mosquito nets worth Rs 1.1 billion were distributed among the families.

The meeting provided a vital opportunity for sharing experiences and research results, and mobilizing partnerships around identified gaps for achieving and sustaining ITN universal coverage objectives.

The Alliance for Malaria Prevention was established in 2004. The partnership meets weekly on a country-focused conference call to discuss progress and challenges in achieving targets in ITN campaign countries. AMP also organizes an annual two-day partners’ meeting in February each year.