Health services of the Vietnamese central highland province of Kon Tum and its neighbouring Cambodian province of Rattanakiri have agreed to enhance cooperation in fighting malaria along the common border.
Under a memorandum of understanding signed at the first border malaria fighting conference in Kon Tum province on November 24, both sides agreed to increase anti-malaria measures for local people along the border, to reduce the rates of infection and fatality of the disease and prevent malaria outbreaks.
They will also increase quarantine at their border gates and build a set of regulations on malaria-related information exchange.
At the first conference, delegates discussed a plan on cooperation and experience sharing on fighting malaria.
Border districts were urged to keep a close watch on the disease, increase education and train grassroots officials to detect and prevent outbreaks.
Sa Thay district in Kon Tum province has reported 202 malaria cases this year, up 10.38 percent over the same period last year.
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