Recently it was World Malaria Day http://www.worldmalariaday.org/

I am interested in knowing how much the mainstream Nigerian knows about malaria and which prevention measures they take.

In a recent article in the Vanguard is mentioned that 51 million Nigerians, equivalent to 30 percent of the population, tested positive to the malaria parasite in 2015. I must say that I am not sure if the maths are correct... . But apart from that, considering the huge population we are talking about it is even more "impressive" to read that 25 percent of the infant deaths and 11 percent of maternal mortality annually is linked to malaria, knowing that the overall mortality rate of mothers and newborns in Nigeria is extremely high, this are huge numbers we are talking about.

So what shall we do? What can we do? Whats your take on it?

Malaria in Nigeria: Shocker “Despite all the focus to eliminate Malaria in Nigeria, Why is it still a problem?”
http://www.worldmalariaday.org/archives/15807

51m Nigerians tested positive to malaria in 2015 — NIMR
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/51m-nigerians-tested-positive-malaria-2015-nimr-2/

Tufanja:
Recently it was World Malaria Day http://www.worldmalariaday.org/

I am interested in knowing how much the mainstream Nigerian knows about malaria and which prevention measures they take.

In a recent article in the Vanguard is mentioned that 51 million Nigerians, equivalent to 30 percent of the population, tested positive to the malaria parasite in 2015. I must say that I am not sure if the maths are correct... . But apart from that, considering the huge population we are talking about it is even more "impressive" to read that 25 percent of the infant deaths and 11 percent of maternal mortality annually is linked to malaria, knowing that the overall mortality rate of mothers and newborns in Nigeria is extremely high, this are huge numbers we are talking about.

So what shall we do? What can we do? Whats your take on it?

Malaria in Nigeria: Shocker “Despite all the focus to eliminate Malaria in Nigeria, Why is it still a problem?”
http://www.worldmalariaday.org/archives/15807

51m Nigerians tested positive to malaria in 2015 — NIMR
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/51m-nigerians-tested-positive-malaria-2015-nimr-2/

Spoken like a true foreigner.

How can malaria be eradicated when the mosquito fly can not be eradicated?

Malaria is not a deadly disease. i have had it over 10 times in my life. It is easily treatable. Recovery is 2-3 days.

It only kills extremely poor people who can't buy drugs.

JackBizzle:



Spoken like a true foreigner.

How can malaria be eradicated when the mosquito fly can not be eradicated?

Malaria is not a deadly disease. i have had it over 10 times in my life. It is easily treatable. Recovery is 2-3 days.

It only kills extremely poor people who can't buy drugs.

Spoken like a true uninformed person. The true foreigners seems to be you.
Seems u have no clues about the prevention programs and the new techniques to fight the spread by mosquitos.
Malarie causes worldwide more deaths than AID/Hiv, its one of the world top killers, and it especially hits pregnant women and infants. It doesnt only hit poor population and btw, does that make it any less severe?
Sorry if u think i am uninformed, i even need to treath woman here with severe prenatal complications due to malaria.
So pls contribute to enlarging knowledge, not bagitalising a severe reality.

Maybe help to raise awareness and build up a system so that everyone has the best access to care and prevention instead of only talking down on others without knowing their experience. i am developping initiatives, u cld as well join and unite forces instead of being so negative.

Tufanja:


Spoken like a true uninformed person. The true foreigners seems to be you.
Seems u have no clues about the prevention programs and the new techniques to fight the spread by mosquitos.
Malarie causes worldwide more deaths than AID/Hiv, its one of the world top killers, and it especially hits pregnant women and infants. It doesnt only hit poor population and btw, does that make it any less severe?
Sorry if u think i am uninformed, i even need to treath woman here with severe prenatal complications due to malaria.
So pls contribute in enlarging knowledge, not bagitalising a severe reality.

lol.....malaria is not a deadly disease. The cure for malaria is less than 5 Euros (€5).

I just told you that I have had it 10 times.

Doctors in London will quarantine you if you have malaria- shows how ignorant people can be- even Europeans. This is why I say that you're a foreigner.

JackBizzle:



lol.....malaria is not a deadly disease. The cure for malaria is less than 5 Euros (€5).

I just told you that I have had it 10 times.

Doctors in London will quarantine you if you have malaria- shows how ignorant people can be- even Europeans. This is why I say that you're a foreigner.

You clearly dont know what u talking about. Sight. Better had read the last paragraph and do some study on the topic until you start shaming yourself.

Tufanja:


You clearly dont know what u talking about. Sight. Better had read the last paragraph and do some study on the topic until you start shaming yourself.

Why dont you accept correction?

lol....ironically, that's what I like about you- you are stubborn, just like Ishilove. You only learn the hard way.

JackBizzle:



Why dont you accept correction?

lol....ironically, that's what I like about you- you are stubborn, just like Ishilove. You only learn the hard way.

Keep the sentiments aside, pls. I am a science person, I get bored with those personal relationship evaluations/talks, those egostuff. I really dont care if anybody finds me a bit*ch or a wit*ch. Lets solely discuss the topic, come with evidence for what you claim. Focus on content. You claim to be a logic person...bring me facts, figures..no emotions. You wont do that because u will find out i am right in what i said. Its the seriousness of the problem that brings me to work on the topic. But i see that there is first still a world to win in creating awareness and informedness.

Tufanja:


Keep the sentiments aside, pls. I am a science person, I get bored with those personal relationship evaluations/talks, those egostuff. I really dont care if anybody finds me a bit*ch or a wit*ch. Lets solely discuss the topic, come with evidence for what you claim. Focus on content. You claim to be a logic person...bring me facts, figures..no emotions. You wont do that because u will find out i am right in what i said. Its the seriousness of the problem that brings me to work on the topic. But i see that there is first still a world to win in creating awareness and informedness.

Okay! Focus on content


Here are facts.

-Malaria is not a deadly disease. It is a curable disease
-Malaria can be cured in 2-3 days if treated properly
-You will be quarantined in the UK if you are found to have malaria (malaria is not contagious)
-The malaria parasite is carried by the female anopheles mosquito


Malaria occurs in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Yet, 90% of the deaths from malaria occur in Africa. Why? Poverty.

The cure for malaria is cheap but the poverty in Africa is worse. The most expensive malaria drug is about 5 euros. Small money but there are people that can't afford 5 euros.

If we had effective governments that used an aggressive pesticide control and genetic engineering of mosquitoes, we could have seen a fall in malaria infections
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Why many Nigerians like me don't worry about malaria is that it wont kill most people who are above 5 Euros a day. And you develop natural immunity to malaria after being infected

LB speaks truth actually. It still shocking malaria kills more people than HIV/AIDS. Guess it's the poverty.

5 euros is how much in naira? is it up to 2k?

An0nimus:
5 euros is how much in naira? is it up to 2k?

Just under 2,000 naira.

I'm assuming that Euro is 300 Naira.

JackBizzle:


Just under 2,000 naira.

I'm assuming that Euro is 300 Naira.

People spend less to treat malaria. That 3-dose injections some 'chemist' give is not up to 2k sef.

An0nimus:


People spend less to treat malaria. That 3-dose injections some 'chemist' give is not up to 2k sef.

That's why I said that malaria is not a deadly disease as such.

Ebola and AIDS? One chance

JackBizzle:


Just under 2,000 naira.

I'm assuming that Euro is 300 Naira.

Three hundred naira Waipa, containing 12 tablets, wipes out malaria in three days. That's 1 dollar. Some of these figures are not true. Where exactly did they even get it from? 51 million? That's a fat lie. But seriously, since I was born I've never heard or seen somebody who died of Malaria. Have you?

JackBizzle:



That's why I said that malaria is not a deadly disease as such.

Ebola and AIDS? One chance

I think malaria kill people out of neglect than from poverty. I don't think Nigerians are that poor. Maybe other African countries but not here. Even roadside beggars make about 500 naira a day.

Reyginus:
Some of these figures are not true. Where exactly did they even get it from? 51 million? That's a fat lie. But seriously, since I was born I've never heard or seen somebody who died of Malaria.

Not to take sides but there is plasmodium in a lot of people. Sometimes it lies dormant and a mosquito feeding picks it up and later deposits in another person when it's feeding again. I don't know where the millions came from seeing as Nigeria is not a place where statistics are taken regularly or even accurately. I do know though that a lot of people are carrying the plasmodium parasite.

Reyginus:
Three hundred naira Waipa, containing 12 tablets, wipes out malaria in three days. That's 1 dollar. Some of these figures are not true. Where exactly did they even get it from? 51 million? That's a fat lie. But seriously, since I was born I've never heard or seen somebody who died of Malaria. Have you?

I have seen malaria kill someone but the person had other complications, so it wasnt the malaria alone.

Just one person....

Tufanja,

I hope you are reading what other Nigerians are saying and you are taking correction?

JackBizzle:
Tufanja,

I hope you are reading what other Nigerians are saying and you are taking correction?

Rather I am totally shocked by the informedness on this topic and the strain of reasoning. Btw, because 3 nigerians didnt see/hear someone dying, malaria is not a serious problem? Since when are personal observations like this rocket science in a country as big as Naija? Moreover, most replies left aside to respond to the points I made. Asap I have some time to write I will respond on all those aspects, only because I am very concerned about this type of answers I get from people who I expect to know what they are talking about, because awareness is key in the battle, I am not interested in paternalistic motivations to "make others take corrections". Use that energy to gain content and knowledge and make a change.

jayriginal:


Not to take sides but there is plasmodium in a lot of people. Sometimes it lies dormant and a mosquito feeding picks it up and later deposits in another person when it's feeding again. I don't know where the millions came from seeing as Nigeria is not a place where statistics are taken regularly or even accurately. I do know though that a lot of people are carrying the plasmodium parasite.

What are the effects of carrying the plasmodium parasite? with the way mosquitoes feast on people it's not hard to imagine many carriers.

Reyginus:
Three hundred naira Waipa, containing 12 tablets, wipes out malaria in three days. That's 1 dollar. Some of these figures are not true. Where exactly did they even get it from? 51 million? That's a fat lie. But seriously, since I was born I've never heard or seen somebody who died of Malaria. Have you?

I'm not too sure but I think I've heard of malaria deaths. Some of the 'died after a brief illness' we hear is malaria.That being said, it's common place to hear statements like 'chai na malaria kill am, common malaria'. Everyone knows malaria is 'common' and generally easy to treat.

An0nimus:


What are the effects of carrying the plasmodium parasite? with the way mosquitoes feast on people it's not hard to imagine many carriers.

Most people carry the plasmodium parasite. They stay in the system and start to breed until such a time as the immune system starts to become overwhelmed. Thats when you start getting symptoms of malaria.

Tufanja:


Rather I am totally shocked by the informedness on this topic and the strain of reasoning. Btw, because 3 nigerians didnt see/hear someone dying, malaria is not a serious problem? Since when are personal observations like this rocket science in a country as big as Naija? Moreover, most replies left aside to respond to the points I made. Asap I have some time to write I will respond on all those aspects, only because I am very concerned about this type of answers I get from people who I expect to know what they are talking about, because awareness is key in the battle, I am not interested in paternalistic motivations to "make others take corrections". Use that energy to gain content and knowledge and make a change.

Okay, I await your insightful comment on malaria in Nigeria/Africa

jayriginal:


Not to take sides but there is plasmodium in a lot of people. Sometimes it lies dormant and a mosquito feeding picks it up and later deposits in another person when it's feeding again. I don't know where the millions came from seeing as Nigeria is not a place where statistics are taken regularly or even accurately. I do know though that a lot of people are carrying the plasmodium parasite.

Yeah. We are poor in stats keeping. That makes every stats suspect.

JackBizzle:


I have seen malaria kill someone but the person had other complications, so it wasnt the malaria alone.

Just one person....

Yes. Malaria kills and afflicts but, in Nigeria, not in that numbers.

An0nimus:


I'm not too sure but I think I've heard of malaria deaths. Some of the 'died after a brief illness' we hear is malaria.That being said, it's common place to hear statements like 'chai na malaria kill am, common malaria'. Everyone knows malaria is 'common' and generally easy to treat.

You see, none of you can really say that with all assurance. You know the implication of that stats? It simply implies that 1 out of every 4 Nigerians is sick in ten days.

Reyginus:
You see, none of you can really say that with all assurance. You know the implication of that stats? It simply implies that 1 out of every 4 Nigerians is sick in ten days.

The fact remains that malaria is easily treatable.

My problem is that Tufanja is behaving like a typical European- they think malaria is so deadly. I've had two friends in the UK quarantined because they came back from Nigeria with malaria. Malaria is not contagious!!!

JackBizzle:



The fact remains that malaria is easily treatable.

My problem is that Tufanja is behaving like a typical European- they think malaria is so deadly. I've had two friends in the UK quarantined because they came back from Nigeria with malaria. Malaria is not contagious!!!

Lol. Reminds me of when Man United played in Abuja with Portsmouth and Sir Alex Ferguson came with a Mosquito repellant. Wayne Rooney later complained of contracting malaria.

Reyginus:
Lol. Reminds me of when Man United played in Abuja with Portsmouth and Sir Alex Ferguson came with a Mosquito repellant. Wayne Rooney later complained of contracting malaria.

lol

Hello tufa, what's up with you?

Reyginus:
Hello tufa, what's up with you?

ishilove happened

JackBizzle:

ishilove happened

No, I don't think so. She's not like that.