AGA Malaria extends spraying exercise

AGA Malaria, a malaria control organisation has extended its indoor residual spraying programme to the Upper East, Upper West, Northern and Western Regions.

A statement issued to Ghana News Agency on Thursday said, more than 1.3 million people in 12 districts across the Upper East and Ashanti Regions benefitted from AGA Malaria programmes in 2012 and over 570,000 structures were sprayed in the last six months.

It said in 2013, AGA Malaria is extending its programme to the West and Upper West regions, reaching an estimated further 1.2 million people.

The Statement said with the $133 million funding from the Global Fund, after 5 years AGA Malaria should be spraying in 40 districts and municipalities in malaria endemic areas, most in northern regions of Ghana.

It said in 2012, over 750 people were trained and employed to run the programme and in 2013, AGA Malaria is looking at employing and training an additional 1,400 staff.

The statement said the AGA Malaria received A1 rating from the Global Fund in November 2012 for Grant Management and Programmatic performance believes that local community involvement and long term partnerships are essential to sustainable operations.

It said this will benefit not just the communities in which the company operates but all the people of Ghana.

He said, “AGA is committed to making communities in which it operates better off for the company’s presence through long term sustainable development initiatives.”