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Lim Health Dept to dispatch 42 spraying teams to combat Malaria season

The Limpopo Department of Health say they are targeting at least 1 million homes during their annual spraying campaign.

LIMPOPO – As the rainy season approaches, a large number of Malaria cases are experienced, especially in the Mopani and Vhembe Districts.

As a result, the Limpopo Department of Health says they are ready and committed to fight this “curable yet dreadful disease.”

Read more: [INFOGRAPHIC] Signs & Symptoms of Malaria

The MEC for Health, Dr. Phophi Ramathuba will be leading the ‘Departmental Malaria Fighting Team’ during the launch of the Annual Spraying Campaign on Tuesday, 21 August in the Vhembe District.

Neil Shikwambana, spokesperson for the Department says they have already established 42 teams that will be dispatched across the province and will target at least one million houses between August 2018 and February 2019.

“The Department calls on residents in Limpopo to cooperate with the spraying teams during the spraying campaign and we are also urging those with Malaria symptoms to visit their nearby health facilities for treatment,” he concluded.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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