#EndMalariaInNigeria
20th August 2023
WORLD MOSQUITO DAY 2023

NIGERIA GOVERNMENT; DIVERT ALL EFFORTS TO COMBAT MOSQUITO TO STOP HIGH MALARIA MORTALITY IN NIGERIA. 

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As we commemorate World Mosquito Day 2023, #EndMalariaInNigeria call on Nigeria Government at all levels to take the fight against Mosquito serious to End Malaria in Nigeria.

Revelations from the ongoing Mosquito Control intervention among 300 pregnant and nursing women in Ndokwa West LGA, Kwale, Delta State, organized by #EndMalariaInNigeria in partnership with Malaria Partners International, Hatch pest control and Environmental Service Ltd and Rotary Club of Kwale New Dawn, reveals that poor housing system, no or poorly constructed gutters, open dumping and poor water management are what leads to the increasing Malaria Mortality in Nigeria.

Most pregnant and nursing women our team carried out Indoor Residual Spraying of their homes live in houses without roofs, some without windows and doors. Most of these women also live with their babies in deplorable houses not suitable for animals. Most of the communities are without drainage and always flooded at the slightest rain.

Our findings also reveals that despite the presence of multinational oil giants, in these communities they are without electricity, accessible public healthcare, infrastructures etc, which contribute drastically to high malaria mortality in the state.

We call on Government to prioritize building modern drainages and Dams, proper massive housing scheme, Sanitary landfill, fund existing medical and vaccine centers as preventive measures to combating Mosquito known to be the only vector that transmit Malaria and other dangerous diseases.

Government should be committed in playing a leading role to End Malaria in Nigeria to save over 300 thousands Lives lost to malaria annually.

Francis Nwapa
Convener; #EndMalariaInNigeria