Ernest Chemists Makes Donation For World Malaria Day

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To commemorate World Malaria Day 2022 which falls on 25th April 2022, Ernest Chemists Limited (ECL) has donated medications to the Awutu Senya East Municipal Health Directorate. The donation included several doses of Anti-Malarial medication for adults and children, Painkillers, Haematinics and Multivitamins, to help support the municipality in the treatment of Malaria and its complications and to lower the burden of Malaria in the area.

The World Health Organization (WHO) marked World Malaria Day 2022, under the theme “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives.” Sub-Saharan Africa is identified as a high burden region and WHO has called for investments and innovation to help bring new vector control approaches, diagnostics, antimalarial medicines and other tools to increase the pace of the fight against malaria.

ECL’s donation of their antimalarial product, Malar-2, suitable for both adults and children, was in response to WHO’s call to help fight Malaria in the sub region.

Making the presentation to the Health Directorate on behalf of Ernest Chemists Limited, Mrs. Sharon Anim, Brands Communication Manager, touched on the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility philosophy of supporting to improve healthcare delivery through quality medicine.

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The company also driven by the mission to make quality medicine accessible to all, and continually demonstrates this through the donation of medications and other health products to several organizations, groups and communities. She stated that, “this donation is aimed at supporting the municipality in its fight against Malaria due to its high prevalence in the area and is also timely, as the rainy season comes with an increase in reported Malaria cases”.

Dr. Promise Sefogah, the medical advisor and consultant for ECL, was also present for the donation. He stated that, “The Awutu Senya East Municipality was selected because, it has been reported that, Malaria remains the number one cause of OPD attendance in the municipal area.

Therefore, it is appropriate to support the municipality in the fight against Malaria”. He also mentioned the harm caused by Malaria on especially pregnant women and children, and any effort to support the treatment and prevention of Malaria is very important. “This donation would help to fight Malaria, correct Anaemia so we have a healthy population, that can contribute to national development”, he added.

Receiving the donation on behalf of the Awutu Senya East Municipal Health Directorate, Mr. Daniel Baah, Ag. Municipal Health Director, expressed his gratitude to Ernest Chemists Limited. He said, “These medications have come at the right time, as we are in the rainy season and we have recorded quite a number of malaria cases in the various health facilities in the municipality. This donation is very important and we appreciate what ECL has done for the municipality”. He further stated that, Malaria has remained number 1 of the top 10 morbidity in the municipality.

About 15,500 cases of Malaria was recorded last year which was more than 30% of morbidity “and these drugs will go a long way to help the people in the municipality” he added. He also appealed to Ernest Chemists to support in other public health intervention areas in the municipality. The donated medications would be distributed to the various health facilities and community health-based planning services (CHPS) compounds within the municipality.