June 2009: Tiko Health District
80% of all hospital admissions are caused by malaria. Due to the alarmingly large mosquito population, Plasmodium is infecting almost all 180,000 inhabitants in this district of South West Cameroon People are queuing up in there in the thousands.
Mosquito nets are handed out at the rate of 600 – 1,000 per day by the DAM team to all families with young children.
"It will take until the end of June for most of the children to have been protected the with the 5 year long lasting mosquito nets" said CEO Julia Samuel.
