Mambwe District Health Office says the Indoor Residual Spraying exercise will commence in September this year.

Mambwe District Indoor Residual Spraying Manager Maxon Ng’uni says  the exercise will target 30,776 households in the district adding that the targeted areas have been segmented into three bases namely Mambwe Boma, Masumba and Msoro bases.

Mr.Ng’uni adds that 114 persons will be engaged to conduct the exercise ranging from supervisors, spray operators, team leaders , washers and stock keepers.

In an interview with ZANIS, he added that the Indoor Residual Spraying exercise was one of the measures aimed at significantly reducing malaria incidences in the district. 

He revealed that 8331 households were targeted under Mambwe base, 11,310 for Masumba base and 11,135 under Msoro base.

Last year , the District Health Office conducted a mass distribution of Insecticide treated mosquito nets and has continued conducting routine distribution of mosquito nets to expectant mothers and under five children during child health week exercise.

He further added the district health office was also engaging traditional leaders in the district to ensure that community members cooperate with the spray operators and allow their structures to be sprayed so as to reduce the spread of Malaria incidences.