MOZAMBIQUE: Education key in fight against malaria

Last month Gina Manganhela, a domestic worker, began to feel sick. She suffered aching joints, fever, headaches and lacked appetite. She suspected the beginning of a vicious bout of influenza that had already hit members of the household where she worked, in the heart of the capital, Maputo. "Educating people about malaria is key in the fight against this deadly disease," said the director of the government's malaria programme, Dr Samuel Mabunda. "As soon as people experience symptoms of malaria, they must go to the nearest health facility to be tested. Malaria kills very quickly."