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Malaria Workshop Kicks Off

Sep 15, 2008, 6:07 AM 1 min read Updated Aug 21, 2020
A five-day workshop on malaria prevention and control recently commenced at BanyakaVillage in Kombo South.The workshop brought together 40 participants from the village. Speaking at the opening ceremony, held at BanyakaLowerBasicSchool, Lamin Sambou, a workshop facilitator, said the aim of the workshop is to educate on malaria control and prevention. He urged the participants to take the workshop seriously and make good use of the knowledge gained. He revealed that more and more workshops will be held in Kombo South in order to reduce the instance of malaria in the area.

For his part, Ebrima Jatta, a participant, described the workshop as significant and noted that it will help with and encourage the fight against malaria.

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