The country reported 1,384 malaria cases in 2023, down about 66% from the previous year, marking significant progress in the fight against the disease, a health official said.
“There were no fatalities reported among the cases,” Huy Rekol, director of the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, told Xinhua. He said the South-East Asian country has achieved a major milestone in eliminating malaria deaths since 2018, a target it aimed to achieve three years later.
According to Rekol, malaria diagnostic tests and treatments have been highly effective in Cambodia, with Artesunate-Mefloquine or ASMQ being 100% safe and efficacious against malaria.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease typically found in forest and mountainous provinces, especially during rainy seasons.
To avoid being bitten by malaria-carrying mosquitoes, Rekol advises people living in risk areas to sleep under insecticide-treated mosquito nets. — Xinhua
