Lack of malaria education remains a challenge despite strides in fight -vector control director

Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran (second from left) inspects one of the safety suits used by the VCS. In photo from left to right are Dr. Ahmad, VCS director Reyaud Rahman, VCS Chief Inspector Karanchand Krishnalall, and Dr. Dos Santos.

Despite significant strides in the fight against the spread of malaria, Vector Control Services faces several difficulties, ignorance by the general public about the disease as well as a shortage of equipment.

“Our population is not very educated when it comes to disease,” VCS Director Reyaud Rahman said at a commemoration of Malaria Day in the Americas on Wednesday evening under the theme “Invest in the Future: Defeat Malaria.”

The commemoration, organised by the VCS under the Ministry of Health at the Regency Suites on Hadfield Street,