Ghana
Each year, malaria claims the lives of 22% of children under five in Ghana. With your help, NetsforLife® is working to prevent child deaths from malaria in Ghana.
Progress Indicators
- Nets distributed to date: 1,325,989
- Community members reached: 2,463,805
- Community volunteers trained: 23,075
- Nets to be distributed in 2011: 1,349,232
- Population:
- 23 million
- Reported malaria cases:
- 7.2 million
- Cases among children under 5:
- 21,000
- Reported Deaths:
- 25,000
Natural resources have made Ghana more prosperous than many of its neighbors in West Africa. However, most Ghanaians are small landowners relying on subsistence farming to survive, with one-third living below the poverty line. Because of erratic rainfall and a short harvest season, the northern region of the country is particularly vulnerable to chronic poverty and food shortages.
Malaria in Ghana
Malaria is the cause of 22% of child deaths in Ghana every year.
Malaria is a chief factor in low productivity and subsequent poverty, especially in the northern region. Close to half of all outpatient visits to health care facilities are malaria-related.
NetsforLife® Implementing Partner
The Diocese of Tamale is located in the northern region of the country. The diocese includes the poorest areas in Ghana, marked by persistent food insecurity and ongoing malnutrition.
Malaria is prevalent throughout the region.
The diocese’s development goals are focused on reducing poverty, hunger, HIV/AIDS and malaria.
All development programs are consolidated in the Anglican Diocesan Development and Relief Office (ADDRO), which has more than 20 years of development experience with communities in Northern Ghana.
Areas Impacted
NetsforLife® is working in more than 200 communities in 24 sub-districts.
- A baseline study has been completed covering all 24 sub-districts.
- ADDRO staff, clergy, clergy spouses, lay leaders and malaria agents have been trained in each district.
- Community-sensitization workshops have taken place in: Nadowli district in the Upper West region, Talensi/Nabdam in the Upper East region and Karaga in the Northern region.