Cameroon launches new approach to curb malaria cases in children

STORY: Cameroon launches new approach to curb malaria cases in children DATELINE: April 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. Various shots of Soa district hospital where activities of World Malaria Day are organized 2. Various shots of parents with their children waiting for IPTi treatment 3. Various shots of IPTi drugs; 4. Various shots of officials feeding children with IPTi drugs and giving parents mosquitos nets; 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): DOROTHY ACHU, Permanent Secretary of National Malaria Control Program 6. Various shots of parents with their children waiting for IPTi treatment; 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): CARINE MOUSSI, Mother of a nine months old girl; 8. Various shots of nurses feeding children with IPTi drugs STORYLINE: Cameroon on Monday began giving children doses of antimalarial drugs even before the children are infected, as part of a new approach to curb malaria in the Central African nation. It was the first time that the country was initiating the intermi