City of Praia, September 25th (Inforpress) – The national director of Health, Ângela Gomes, announced today, in the City of Praia, that Cabo Verde will be awarded with the certification of the elimination of Malaria at the end of October.
“On October 23rd we will receive the mission that will reward Cabo Verde with the certification of the elimination of Malaria”, said Ângela Gomes, speaking to the press, at the opening of a training session aimed at 30 trainers in entomological surveillance and vector control of all health structures in the country, which takes place from September 25th to October 7th, at the UNICV facilities.
According to Ângela Gomes, this training action aims to train PNLP managers and vector control agents in entomological surveillance to eliminate malaria in Cabo Verde.
In this training, these technicians will acquire the necessary knowledge to better understand the entomology of malaria, as well as the ability to gather the necessary tools to collect and manage entomological data to make evidence-based decisions, according to this person in charge.
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