By Zhang Xin, Xu Shuaishuai, Li Xiangyun, Li Ziyang and Zheng Yingwei
JUBA, April 28 -- On the occasion of the 18th World Malaria Day, the 11th Chinese Peacekeeping Infantry Battalion to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) went to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Juba to promote malaria prevention and control knowledge and donate humanitarian aid supplies.
With rampant mosquitoes and poor sanitary conditions, infectious diseases such as malaria and cholera are highly prevalent in the IDP camp in the mission area.
To improve the anti-malaria capability of the IDP camp, the Chinese Peacekeeping Level One Hospital delivered posters and prevention manuals to the residents in the camp, introduced prevention knowledge to them, and demonstrated the usage of the test strips and protective equipment. In addition, the hospital donated more than 2,000 pieces of anti-malaria medical supplies to the camp to help the local residents maintain healthy during the malaria prevalence period in the rainy season.
Jacob Guwak, Chief of the IDP camp community, expressed his gratitude to the Chinese peacekeepers and spoke highly of the importance of their help in epidemic prevention.
