In its efforts to eliminate Malaria in Kaduna, the State Government in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) and Society for Family Health (SFH) will next month commence distribution of 5,471,028 Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) to households across the 23 local government areas of Kaduna State Simultaneously.
Daily News 24 reports that the distribution which is to commence on the 7th to 18th July 2022, will be carried out in a form of door-to-door approach to all the populace in the State.
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Speaking at a Media Parley organized by the Kaduna State Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Society for Family Health (SFH) in Kaduna, Media Communication Manager for Society for Family Health, Gbue Denen Daniel said, Malaria is the common preventable public health problem in Nigeria, yet it takes a lethal toll on 97% of Nigerians, especially children under five years of age and Pregnant Women.
According to him, evidence has shown that Nigeria accounts for nearly 110million clinically diagnosed cases per year, and accounts for a quarter of malaria burden in Africa, a situation he described worrisome.
He expressed that malaria can be prevented by not allowing mosquito to bite, while arguing that one assured way and most cost effective is to sleep inside a properly hung Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs).
“We want to eradicate malaria in Nigeria. ITN campaign is one of the major strategies to deliver nets to the entire population with the goal to scale up utilisation of ITN as a strategy for malaria control.
“The Kaduna state government in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) with funding from the Global Fund Malaria Project, in it’s efforts to eliminate malaria have commenced the process of the 2022 insecticide treated nets mass campaign in the state.
“A total of 5,471,028 treated nets will be distributed to the people of Kaduna state through a door-to-door approach to all the populace of Kaduna state. Simultaneous household registration and distribution of nets will commence from the 7th -18th July, 2022. The objective of the ITN mass campaign is to ensure that for every two persons in Kaduna state, there is one bed net to sleep inside,” he said.
