The first in a series of region-wide national sensitization meetings preparatory to the application of biolarvicides under the ECOWAS Malaria Elimination Campaign has ended in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire with a number of recommendations including the call for the organization of national conferences to harmonize and deepen public knowledge before the commencement of the application.
The meeting which was attended by ECOWAS and Member States' officials, financial, health and environment experts, armed forces of Member States, parliamentarians, religious and community leaders, as well as development partners among other stakeholders, also called for a roadmap for the mobilization of national armed forces and the establishment of a network of regional parliamentarians behind the campaign.
In their six-point resolution, the participants also recommended effective sensitization campaign for attitudinal change and the collaboration of religious and traditional leaders, the media and the private sector in support of the anti-malaria campaign.
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