EndMalariaInNigeria

25/04/2024

PRESS STATEMENT

WORLD MALARIA DAY 2024

FRANCIS NWAPA

Today as Nigeria join the rest of the world to mark world malaria Day, a day set aside globally to remind people of the catastrophic effect of Malaria on humans, we in #EndMalariaInNigeria say that this year’s theme

“Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world.” is in contrast with what’s obtainable in Nigeria as there are No intentional efforts to be accelerated by Government or policy makers.

The Nigeria “Environmental design” remains a mosquito breeding sites and assess to free qualitative health care for Nigerians remains a mirage and there are no indices that reflect it will change any time soon.

For example, the world Health Organization asserted this “Inequities in access to education and financial resources further exacerbates risk: children under 5 years of age from the poorest households in sub-Saharan Africa are 5 times more likely to be infected with malaria than those from the wealthiest households.”

In the last one year, more families have been thrown into Multidimensional poverty in Nigeria making it more difficult for families to feed well and assess basic health care service.

In a malaria endemic country like Nigeria there should be a conscious efforts towards modern drainage, Dam and sewer construction, for effective water and waste management with the aim of eliminating mosquito breeding spaces.

Again, proper government housing scheme alongside constant power supply will enhance the fight against mosquito.

Expanding primary health care services to cater for growing community population and investing into research centers among other strategic actions can adequately help in prevention, detection and treatment of malaria cases.

We call on Government to adopt these preventive approaches in the fight against mosquito in other to eliminate Malaria.

Francis Nwapa
Convener #EndMalariaInNigeria