Malaria: We Must Prioritise Prevention

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Individual: Sam Nda-Isaiah

Malaria: We Must Prioritise Prevention

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Daju Kachollom, has said that Nigeria must prioritise prevention, strengthen health systems, and ensure access to effective diagnosis and treatment for all, to achieve the malaria elimination target. She frowned that the country bears a third of the global burden of malaria, with the country accounting for 27 percent of global malaria cases and 31 percent of global deaths, based…