The exercise, coinciding with a durbar, forms part of activities marking this year’s World Malaria Day, and was held under the auspices of the AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Malaria Control Limited (AGAMal).
A team of health personnel from the District Health Directorate and AngloGold Ashanti Health Foundation (AGAHF) was on hand to provide clinical care and medication to the participants, including the Adansihene, Opagyakotwere Bonsrah Afriyie II.
“The objective is to test, treat and track suspected malarial cases as the country campaigns to raise awareness on one of the world’s most-deadly diseases,” Mr. Isaac Awuku Odame, the District Director of Health Services, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), on the sidelines of the programme.
Malaria, which predominantly occurs in tropical areas, is a potentially life-threatening parasitic disease caused by infection with Plasmodium protozoa transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito.