World Malaria Day in Kalinga commemorated in Rizal

Rizal, Kalinga – This town hosted the provincial commemoration of the World Malaria Day last April 29, 2022 at the Rizal Eco Tourism Center, an event simultaneously observed around the world to raise awareness of the global efforts to control the spread of said disease and celebrate improvements made on malaria treatment and prevention.

According to Gerald Zamora, Nurse II at Rizal Municipal Health Office, the event was graced by Rizal Mayor Karl "Bugao" Baac and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Edward Tandingan, with the participation of the Rural Health Unit personnel, the barangay health workers, barangay nutrition scholars, and kagawads on health.

During the event, Dr. Brendalyn Sebastian gave an overview of the history of malaria in Rizal wherein in 2018, the municipality has been declared free of the disease.

Rizal being a malaria-free municipality is attributed to the strong information education campaign done to the communities on how to prevent getting the serious and sometimes fatal disease.

The declaration of Rizal being free from malaria was also made possible through the support of the Rizal Local Government Unit and the cooperation of the communities.

At the said event, a lecture was done about malaria and the nature of the disease, which was concluded with the distribution of mosquito nets to the participants.

Meantime, the entire Cordillera Administrative Region is now declared malaria-free after health authorities report no cases for the past months in the different provinces around the region.

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