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Improvement of Public Health Care 
In cooperation with JICA, the NMIMR conducted field surveys for EPI, malaria and 
diarrhoeal diseases in four villages from 1986 to 1991.    In addition, the NMIMR also 
conducted a series of activities to improve primary health care such as health 
education, vaccination sessions, treatment of childhood diseases and child birth 
delivery systems, etc too.  A health facility was also established as a part of the 
activities.   
 
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Malaria 
Malaria is a parasitic disease and has the highest prevalence rate for diseases in Ghana.   
In the Central region, Volta region and Brong Ahafo region, JICA conducted studies 
on malaria that aimed to find out the sensitivity status of 
Plasmodium falciparum
 to 
chloroquine and other anti-malaria drugs.  In addition, malaria infection, morbidity 
and antibody levels in infants were studied in the Fetteh, Onyadze/Otswe, Jukwa and 
Mprumen villages in Gomoa. 
However, JICA’s cooperation activities on malaria closed down in 1991 after the 
termination of the Noguchi Memorial Institute Project.    The NMIMR has continued 
to conduct research activities on malaria control, including the level of drug resistance, 
in cooperation with WHO/TDR, NIH, EU, Welcome Trust and the US Navy.