President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have called upon all partners, organizations, healthcare professionals, and individuals to unite in their efforts to end malaria. In their message on the occasion of World Malaria Day, he emphasized collaborative efforts to strengthen healthcare systems, increase access to quality diagnosis and treatment, and raise awareness about the importance of prevention and control measures of malaria.
President Asif Ali Zardari has emphasized collective efforts to curb malaria. In his message on World Malaria Day, he said Pakistan is determined to implement new initiatives under the Global Malaria Programme. He said the measures are aimed at testing, confirming and standardizing the treatment of every suspected case of malaria. Expressing concerns over the rise in Malaria cases in different parts of the country due to the devastating floods of 2022, Asif Ali Zardari called upon the provincial governments and other stakeholders to unite to deal with this alarming situation. He also called for raising awareness about the disease. On the other hand Prime Minister said the common goal of a world free of malaria can be achieved through vigorous political commitment and adequate investment mix of strategies. Shehbaz Sharif said the research and academic institutions need to flag scientific advances to both experts and the general public, international partners, companies and foundations to showcase their efforts and reflect on how to further scale up malaria control interventions. Shehbaz Sharif said the Ministry of National Health Services and Coordination through Common Management Unit Malaria, National and international partners, provincial counterparts, NGOs and private stakeholders has significantly enhanced the free malaria testing and treatment facilities in the malaria endemic districts across the country.
