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As part of national efforts aimed at preventing and controlling communicable diseases, Dr Djamel Fourar and Dr Elias Akhamoukh presented, this Tuesday, an inventory of the national health situation, “in a context marked by persistent epidemiological risks in certain regions of the country, originating, in particular, from the Sahel”.
During a press conference organized in Algiers, the Director General of Prevention and Health Promotion, Dr. Djamel Fourar and Dr. Elias Akhamoukh, presented an overall assessment of the health situation in the country, in the presence of officials and experts from the National Institute of Public Health (INSP), the Pasteur Institute of Algeria (IPA) and several specialists in infectious diseases. Dr Fourar indicated that, “despite relative stability, communicable diseases remain a major public health challenge, with the persistence of sporadic cases of diphtheria and malaria Malaria is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by several species of parasites belonging to the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. in certain regions.
The same official specified that “the ministry applies a national multisectoral prevention strategy, based on the establishment of a surveillance and early warning system, the creation of specialized field teams, the continuous availability of vaccines and medicines as well as a secure reserve stock”. This system is based, according to his remarks, on a national epidemiological monitoring network supervised by the National Institute of Public Health, in coordination with the General Directorate of Prevention.
Referring to the results of the national immunization program, Dr Fourar highlighted that vaccination coverage against poliomyelitis and diphtheria has reached high levels nationally. “Between 2023 and 2024, 2,287,901 children were vaccinated against poliomyelitis in 19 southern wilayas. Furthermore, as of November 11, 2025, 84,370 people in Skikda and 43,197 in Aïn Defla had received the diphtheria vaccine,” he detailed.
For his part, Dr. Elias Akhamoukh, head of the infectious diseases department at Tamanrasset hospital, explained that the wilaya is among the regions most affected by malaria and diphtheria, “because of its position as a border gateway.” He also declared that no case of cholera has been recorded so far, but that the vigilance system has been activated, taking into account the presence of the disease in certain neighboring countries of the Sahel.
The same speaker also indicated that all doctors in the wilaya have been trained to respond to any epidemic emergency. He added that “vaccination campaigns have been extended to foreign residents, with 33,000 people of various nationalities vaccinated between 2023 and 2025, to guarantee their protection as well as that of citizens”.
In this regard, Dr Elias Akhamoukh revealed that “foreign nationals were included in vaccination campaigns”. Thus, he affirmed that “from 2023 to 2025, 33,000 people of foreign nationality were vaccinated, with the aim of protecting them and the local population against infectious diseases”.
Moreover, the head of department insisted above all on the fact that prevention remains the most effective means of protection. In this sense, he underlined “the need to strengthen and encourage it, especially since a tendency towards relaxation has been noted”.