By Admin
An International Non-governmental Organization, Malaria Consortium says it has commenced the implementation of its programs to address equity, comprehensiveness and cost-effectiveness in malaria control to positively impact health systems in Nigeria.
At a media briefing in Abuja, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Consortium, UK, Mbacham Wilfred said the organization had successfully protected 20 million children across 13 states, through the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention, SMC, for malaria elimination in the country.
Wilfred who is also a Public Health Biotechnologist, Unniversity of Yaoundé, noted that new technologies and strategies were constantly emerging and emphasized the need for more funding to adapt the new tools for effective malaria control to be able to cover other states.
“Therefore, because of the credibility that the malaria consortium has established over time, I think it becomes easy for most of the funding and philanthropists to see clearly that they’re putting their money in the right place, and because of that, they’re going to get results. He added”
The West and Central Africa Regional Director, Malaria Consortium, Dr Kolawole Maxwell said with the establishment of the Malaria Technical Working Group, the organization would ensure its interventions align with the National Malaria Strategy and WHO guidelines.
“You’ll be glad to know that all the eligible states, 21 plus fct, eligible states in Nigeria for SMC, have been fully funded. The question about 13 states is just that 13 out of those 22 are where Malaria Consortium is implementing using other funding. So the funding is fully covered, and one of the things we proud ourselves in is exactly that.”
Dr. Maxwell further advised the public to use malaria tools correctly and to report any issues to health workers rather than spreading negative rumors.
