The teacher Kamel Djenouhatpresident of the Algerian Society of Immunology, said that malaria is under control in Algeria and that the World Health Organization (OMS) did certify this in 2019.
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Although imported cases continue to be recorded every year since the Covid-19 pandemic, the professor announced during his appearance on national radio that theOMS elaborated a strategy to eradicate malaria by 2030in particular on the African continent and East Asia.
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More than a thousand cases have been recorded in the southern wilayas, mainly in Tamanrasset. Djenouhat suggested that the malaria vaccine could be added to the list of main vaccines licensed in Algeria in the future, if necessary.
New medical specialists graduating in 2023 forced to work in the south
The Minister of Health, Abdelhakim Sahliannounced the decision to make work new medical specialists in the southern wilayas for a period of 6 years during a public session devoted to oral questions in Parliament.
This measure aims to resolve the problem of the shortage of specialists in health facilities in these regions.
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According to the Minister, all 143 medical specialists who graduated in January 2023 have signed contracts to work in the public sector in the southern wilayas for a period of 6 years, and these contracts will also be applied in the upper wilayas. trays.
