Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole Folorunsho has revealed that efforts are being made to ensure that no citizen of the country dies from malaria or malaria-related illness from 2020.
Adewole said adequate measures are being taken towards ensuring that, malaria is completely exterminated from Nigeria by 2025 ahead of the global target of 2030, he advised that all hands must be on deck towards realizing this target.
Meanwhile, Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal disclosed that the state had received trachoma drug donation worth over 3bn from both the Federal Government and other partners. He stated that the drugs will be distributed in 12 local governments of the state.
He further decried that Nigeria alone accounts for nearly 40 percent of the estimated total death globally from malaria related illness.
Tambuwal also noted that free medical care for pregnant mothers and children under the age of 5 across the state will continue to have priority in his administration, adding that, he is aware of the negative consequences of malaria and other neglected tropical diseases on both human and economic growth of the country.
