At $4 (N1,400) unit price, the treated nets are worth at least N3.3 billion, aside the 5,000 ad-hoc staff to be engaged and paid to distribute the nets across the state, according to a statement on Sunday from the Kwara State Ministry of Health.
Browsing: Malaria
Malaria has been indicated as an underlining sickness capable of predisposing one to Coronavirus infection and its accompanying complications.
The number of malaria deaths in Africa could double to 769,000 this year as efforts to curb the disease are disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday.
The prospect that a pair of malaria drugs will become go-to medications for treating COVID-19 before they’ve been rigorously tested is prompting new safety warnings from heart specialists and other doctors and experts.
The National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme, Dr. Audu Mohammed, on Tuesday said Nigeria would get three-year grant of $417 million from the Global Fund to tackle malaria.
This was made known during a recent visit by officials of United States President’s Malaria Initiative to Bonny Island to conduct a first-hand assessment of the feasibility of malaria elimination on the Island and explore opportunities for partnership with NLNG in combating the scourge.
The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Daniel Umehzuruike, said this on Tuesday in Abakiliki during a lecture on the distribution process and role of the media in the LLIN campaign.
Federal Ministry of Health, on Friday, reaffirmed its commitment to contributing to the Global Fund for the Management of HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The Federal Government says it will distribute 25 million treated mosquito nets in six states of the federation this year.
Malam Umar Aminu-Imam, President, Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria in Katsina State, has said that 13,687,500 Nigeria battled with malaria annually.
The World Health Organisation has declared Algeria and Argentina malaria-free.
Chinese researchers have developed a new technology to produce artemisinin, the top choice for malaria treatment, on a large scale.
A Korean firm, Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Company, says it has produced an anti-malaria drug that will reduce the increasing number of malaria-induced ailments among Nigerians.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, revealed this at the commemoration of 2019 World Malaria Day in Abuja on Thursday
An NGO, the Lift Above Poverty Organisation, says Nigeria accounts for 32 per cent of the global estimate of 655,000 Malaria deaths annually.
A Paediatric Neurologist, Dr Okunola Olusola, on Sunday cautioned parents against administering antimalaria medication to children who had not been diagnosed of malaria.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has said that
Nigeria is set to deploy nuclear technology to combat the scourge of malaria.
At least $14 billion is needed to accelerate the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and quell stubborn epidemics that still kill millions, the head of a global health fund said on Friday.
Popular Nollywood actor, Gbenga Akintunde, popularly known as Burger, has passed away after a brief illness.
Fayomi gave the warning on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.