Benin launches campaign to distributes free mosquito nets to fight malaria


COTONOU, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Beninese government, in collaboration with its technical and financial partners, is currently conducting a nationwide campaign to distribute free mosquito nets to households throughout the country in a bid to reduce malaria cases.

More than 3,500 people died of malaria in Benin in 2022, 80 percent of whom were children under the age of five, said Minister of Health Benjamin Hounkpatin Friday during the official launch ceremony of the national campaign for the free distribution of mosquito nets in Cotonou, the economic hub of Benin.

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