Dr. Seif Rashid, Minister of Health and
Social Welfare presenting a certificate of recognition to OLAM Tanzania
Internal Communications Manager, Elizabeth Nnoko for their commitment to the
fight against malaria through the Malaria Safe Initiative.
A section of workers and villagers who
attended a World Malaria Day function in Kyela organized by OLAM Tanzania
One of the staff of OLAM in
Kyela receiving a treated mosquito net
A section of villagers who
attended an event in Mtwara
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Olam
Tanzania Celebrates World Malaria Day with Partners and Community
In commemoration of World Malaria
Day, OLAM Tanzania has ran a country wide awareness and prevention campaigns
across 4 of its origin locations; Mtwara, Songea, Bunda and Kyela aimed to
support efforts of eradicating malaria cases within the communities.
“Unite with Olam in the prevention of
Malaria Deaths – Malaria kills” was the theme to Olam Tanzania’s World Malaria
Day Campaign that went along with providing treated mosquito nets to its
workers.
Olam organized for events in its
locations, and 1000 nets were distributed in Songea, 1000 for Mtwara, 100 Bunda
and 100 for Kyela, where banners carrying the Malaria Day message in both
English and Swahili were strategically placed for visibility, pamphlets were
distributed, and awareness speeches were conducted in front of the workers by
Johns Hopkins staff.
Trained medical staff conducted fast
malaria detection campaigns to sensitize workers on early detection and
prevention in the events, which were also attended by local officials and
dignitaries.
Speaking of Olam’s effort in ending
Malaria related deaths in Tazania, Elizabeth Nnoko Internal Communications
Manager for Southern and Eastern Africa, said wellbeing of their workers is its
company’s number one priority.
“We
are proud to be a part of this important campaign to help end Malaria related
deaths in all our operations by using our core capacity as a company, first by
educating our employees about Malaria and providing protection’ said Nnoko.
Malaria
is a major public health problem in Tanzania with annual deaths estimated at
60,000, with 80 percent of these deaths among children under five years of age.
Approximately 14 to 18 million clinical malaria cases are reported annually by
public health services and more than 40 percent of all outpatient visits are
attributed to malaria.
Olam Tanzania entered a joint
partnership with Johns Hopkins Malaria Safe Initiative, committing Olam
Tanzania to the 4 pillars of Malaria Safe which is educate employees about
malaria, provide protection against malaria, create visibility to the
partnership and inspire action through advocacy.
In Dar es Salaam, Johns Hopkins organized
an inaugural event for its Malaria Safe Initiative partners at the Hyatt
Regency. In attendance was honored guests Dr. Seif Rashid, Minister of Health
and Social Welfare, Said Meck Said, Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam,
Sharon L. Cromer, Mission Director, USAID/Tazania where Malaria Safe partners
were commended for “Investing in the Future to defeat malaria.
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