Getting rid of malaria in Nigeria
Great news that the programme to get rid of malaria in Nigeria and distribute over 63 million nets got a significant boost last week. The idea is to get two nets distributed to every household by the end of next year, reaching over 30 million homes and hopefully saving thousands of lives. In fact, Nigeria counts for over a quarter of all cases of malaria in Africa.
The UK and others are working together, supporting government health services in rolling this out, including £50 million of British aid delivered through DfID. The shocking statistic is that half of all Nigerians get infected with malaria each year, and over 30% of childhood deaths and 11% of maternal deaths are caused by it. And those deaths are preventable. Hopefully that will change with this new push. Picture by Williams Daniel.
Posted at 15:56 08 September 2009 by Bob Dewar | Comments[0]
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