Ghana’s Un-ending Battle with Malaria about to End
By: Judith Cobbina (WOMEC)  

There is a bright light of hope for Ghana at the end of the tunnel in its un-ending battle with Malaria. In Sub-Saharan Africa malaria kills 3000 children each day and in Ghana one out of every five childhood death is attributed to malaria.Malaria also poses a threat to the development aspirations of this country. The Minister of Health, Major Courage Quashigah highlighted this in his address at a Health Summit in Accra on the 20 th of November 2007. According to him, the nation spent $772.4 million this year in treating malaria which was equivalent to the country’s entire health budget for the year 2008 and also amount to 10% of the nation’s entire Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2006.