Officiating at the opening of a two-day Workshop of Joint Malaria Programme (JMP), which was held at Uhuru Hotel, he reiterated the government declaration of fight malaria and he thanked all the development partners for the various support they have provided to facilitate all research work undertaken by JMP.
He said the government was committed to fighting vigorously, until malaria ceases to be our public enemy number one.
"We have made this resolve and we request all stakeholders to join hands with the government and continue to help in anyway possible to ensure we win this war," he told the delegates.
"We should declare the goal of eradicating malaria because we can do so despite the challenges," he said, adding that we have to generate the political will through our collaborators, the National Malaria Control Programme, Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) and develop the scientific breakthroughs we need to end this disease.
"I am very optimistic on malaria eradication because of the extraordinary extent of research implemented by you in drugs, vaccines and other control tools," he told the researchers.
He added that he was proud to note that the medicine for malaria venture has the largest and most diverse portfolio of new drug candidates in the history of malaria.
Prof Kessi also noted that he was happy to learn that with the support of the innovative Vector Control Consortium among the stakeholders, are studying a variety of ways of making mosquitoes less capable of transmitting the parasites.
In Tanzania, 52 years after Independence, malaria remains a huge burden. Every year, 14 million to 18 million new malaria cases are reported and between 100,000 and 125,000 deaths occur.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
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