Malaria, a disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes, has continues to claim thousands of lives in Nigeria.

The World Malaria Report of 2017 indicates that the country contributes 27 per cent of the 216 million malaria cases and 24 per cent of the 445,000 malaria deaths.

According to the report about three out of 10 persons having malaria in the world live in Nigeria; one out of four deaths from malaria globally occur in Nigeria and over 54 million malaria cases recorded annually for the last three years.

The prevalence across zones in the country according to 2015 National Malaria Indicator Survey (NMIS) revealed that North West Accounts for 37 per cent; North Central, 32 per cent; North East, 26 per cent; South-South, 19 per cent; South West, 17 per cent and South East 14 per cent.

Nevertheless, the country has over the years formulated policies all in a bid to stamped out malaria for good. For instance, the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NEMP) has formulated Strategic Plan which covers 2014 to 2020 and the aim was aims to achieve pre-elimination and reduce malaria related deaths to zero by 2020.

While increased malaria prevention and control measures are dramatically reducing the malaria burden in Nigeria, stakeholders are however advocating for more political commitments, continued collaborations with development partners and high investment towards malaria prevention, control and treatment. With collaborative efforts by the federal government, development partners and the private sector, stakeholders are optimistic that Nigeria will achieve pre-elimination stage by 2020.

Dr. Lynda Ozor, from World Health Organisation (WHO), said the control and eventual elimination of malaria requires political leadership at the highest level, as well as leadership of programmes, resource mobilization, intersectoral and cross-border collaboration.

Ozor said WHO remains a technical partner to the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health, and encouraged strong coordination, clear strategies and determined actions towards malaria control.

She however advised that the country should remain vigilant of the emerging threats of insecticide and drug resistance which have devastating potential to reverse the gains made.
WHO Malaria Containment Programme Officer, Lagos, Dr. Tolu Arowolo , stated that WHO recommends that every pregnant woman living in malaria endemic areas receives the Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) with Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine (SP) medicine.

She however disclosed that as at 2015, only 19 percent of pregnant women in Nigeria were reported to have received at least 3 doses of SP. She added that the survey carried out revealed that women in urban areas were more likely to have access to IPT than their rural counterparts.

She therefore urged pregnant women to request for the IPT at their various ante-natal clinics so as to prevent malaria. “It is the right of a pregnant woman to request IPT”, she added.
National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Dr Godwin Ntadom has said pregnant women and their unborn children are still at risk of dying from malaria.

Ntadom, in an interview with LEADERSHIP said Nigeria has a population of about 200 million and the people who suffer from malaria are the children and the pregnant women because they cannot develop partial immunity.

The solution according to Ntadom is for the pregnant women to go for early Antenatal Care (ANC), which can help prevent complications during pregnancy, adding that they should take at least three doses of SP for IPT to prevent malaria.

He said SP is recommended by government for pregnant women to prevent malaria and should be given after the pregnant woman feels the child kicking. He also advised that pregnant women should always sleep inside the Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) to prevent malaria in pregnancy.

National coordinator, NMEP, Dr Audu Mohammed, has called for more donor agencies and increased domestic financing to drive malaria elimination in the country.

Mohammed, who was represented by Mr Chukwu Okoronkwo, head, advocacy, communication and social mobilisation, NMEP, made the call at the Integrated Health Parley organised by Breakthrough Action-Nigeria in collaboration with the Health Writers Association of Nigeria (HEWAN) in Lagos.

He said the malaria burden in the country called for concern and required concerted efforts and funding to achieve malaria free Nigeria.

“Quite a lot of donor partners are supporting malaria elimination in the country but in spite of their supports, we still have huge gap which is why malaria is still endemic in Nigeria.
“We are appealing to more donor agencies to come in and government at all levels should increase their funding for malaria elimination,’’ he said.

Mohammed said the prevalence of malaria in Nigeria is 27 per cent and there are variations of endemicity across geopolitical zones going by the 2015 Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS).
“The World Malaria Report of 2017 indicates that Nigeria contributes 27 per cent of the 216 million malaria cases and 24 per cent of the 445,000 malaria deaths.

“About three out of 10 persons having malaria in the world live in Nigeria; one out of four deaths from malaria globally occur in Nigeria and over 54 million malaria cases recorded annually for the last three years.

“We also have prevalence across zones in the country according to 2015 National Malaria Indicator Survey (NMIS).

“North West – 37 per cent, North Central- 32 per cent, North East -26 per cent, South-South- 19 per cent, South West 17 per cent and South East 14 per cent, ” he said.
He said another malaria survey is ongoing and the report will be out by 2019, to show the true situation of Nigeria’s malaria status.

Mohammed however said increased funding for malaria elimination would provide equitable, comprehensive, cost effective, efficient and quality malaria control services.

He appealed to Nigerians to stop self-medication and go for Rapid Diagnostic Test for proper malarial testing.

In her remarks, Dr Bolatito Aiyenigba, Deputy Director, Malaria and Tuberculosis Project, Breakthrough Action-Nigeria said that the project was focused on integrated social health behaviour of Nigerians.

Aiyenigba urged the media to write stories and feature articles to provide adequate information to all Nigerians such that at least 80 per cent of the populace habitually takes appropriate malaria preventive and treatment measures.

The Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole lamented the fact that malaria still poses as a major health challenge to the country.

Isaac said, “It is sad that malaria still poses a major health challenge to the country and is a major cause of death of children under the age of five.”

The minister however assured that government is concerned about this and is working towards additional funding to close existing gaps and move towards elimination.
He said, “We need to de-normalize malaria and nobody should die of malaria because malaria is preventable and treatable.’’

https://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/10/malaria-epidemic-achieving-pre.html

We like to fool ourselves in this country.

The mosquito population is growing by leaps every second in our most dirty Nigeria.

Odinary Malaria prevention and control is too much a task for this government, to the extent that 27% of world Malaria cases occur in Nigeria. Hell can't be worst than surviving under the dullards government.

I pray it works.

Looking forward to it

Let's not deceive ourselves, it's not going to work even by 2030. All the plans are just there on paper, nobody will actually do anything about it.

What happened to Vision 2010, very sexy on paper, crafted to take Nigeria out of poor economic development, poverty, unemployment, iliteracy, corruption etc?

Even Vision 2020 to make Nigeria one of the world's 20 largest economies by 2020, which is just 2yrs away, seems to be dead. We were getting close during GEJ era, but now we are back to square one.

I think it's endemic not epidemic

If not for politics, drugs like ARTEQUICK (A COMBINATION OF ARTEMISININ &PIPERAQUINE) will do the magic. it did wonders in Cambodia and some other countries. yet they kept selling less effective ACT to people... I pray we wake up someday to this reality.

longerthroat:
If not for politics, drugs like ARTEQUICK (A COMBINATION OF ARTEMISININ &PIPERAQUINE) will do the magic. it did wonders in Cambodia and some other countries. yet they kept selling less effective ACT to people... I pray we wake up someday to this reality.

Is ARTEQUICK readily available in Nigeria?

Mosquito no dey too bite for south east i noticed.. to totally eradicate malaria then the first step to take is to build good closed drainage systems. Not all these yeye open gutters everywhere

13Ebiscoo:
Malaria, a disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes, has continues to claim thousands of lives in Nigeria.

The World Malaria Report of 2017 indicates that the country contributes 27 per cent of the 216 million malaria cases and 24 per cent of the 445,000 malaria deaths.

According to the report about three out of 10 persons having malaria in the world live in Nigeria; one out of four deaths from malaria globally occur in Nigeria and over 54 million malaria cases recorded annually for the last three years.

The prevalence across zones in the country according to 2015 National Malaria Indicator Survey (NMIS) revealed that North West Accounts for 37 per cent; North Central, 32 per cent; North East, 26 per cent; South-South, 19 per cent; South West, 17 per cent and South East 14 per cent.

Nevertheless, the country has over the years formulated policies all in a bid to stamped out malaria for good. For instance, the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NEMP) has formulated Strategic Plan which covers 2014 to 2020 and the aim was aims to achieve pre-elimination and reduce malaria related deaths to zero by 2020.

While increased malaria prevention and control measures are dramatically reducing the malaria burden in Nigeria, stakeholders are however advocating for more political commitments, continued collaborations with development partners and high investment towards malaria prevention, control and treatment. With collaborative efforts by the federal government, development partners and the private sector, stakeholders are optimistic that Nigeria will achieve pre-elimination stage by 2020.

Dr. Lynda Ozor, from World Health Organisation (WHO), said the control and eventual elimination of malaria requires political leadership at the highest level, as well as leadership of programmes, resource mobilization, intersectoral and cross-border collaboration.

Ozor said WHO remains a technical partner to the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health, and encouraged strong coordination, clear strategies and determined actions towards malaria control.

She however advised that the country should remain vigilant of the emerging threats of insecticide and drug resistance which have devastating potential to reverse the gains made.
WHO Malaria Containment Programme Officer, Lagos, Dr. Tolu Arowolo , stated that WHO recommends that every pregnant woman living in malaria endemic areas receives the Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) with Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine (SP) medicine.

She however disclosed that as at 2015, only 19 percent of pregnant women in Nigeria were reported to have received at least 3 doses of SP. She added that the survey carried out revealed that women in urban areas were more likely to have access to IPT than their rural counterparts.

She therefore urged pregnant women to request for the IPT at their various ante-natal clinics so as to prevent malaria. “It is the right of a pregnant woman to request IPT”, she added.
National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Dr Godwin Ntadom has said pregnant women and their unborn children are still at risk of dying from malaria.

Ntadom, in an interview with LEADERSHIP said Nigeria has a population of about 200 million and the people who suffer from malaria are the children and the pregnant women because they cannot develop partial immunity.

The solution according to Ntadom is for the pregnant women to go for early Antenatal Care (ANC), which can help prevent complications during pregnancy, adding that they should take at least three doses of SP for IPT to prevent malaria.

He said SP is recommended by government for pregnant women to prevent malaria and should be given after the pregnant woman feels the child kicking. He also advised that pregnant women should always sleep inside the Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) to prevent malaria in pregnancy.

National coordinator, NMEP, Dr Audu Mohammed, has called for more donor agencies and increased domestic financing to drive malaria elimination in the country.

Mohammed, who was represented by Mr Chukwu Okoronkwo, head, advocacy, communication and social mobilisation, NMEP, made the call at the Integrated Health Parley organised by Breakthrough Action-Nigeria in collaboration with the Health Writers Association of Nigeria (HEWAN) in Lagos.

He said the malaria burden in the country called for concern and required concerted efforts and funding to achieve malaria free Nigeria.

“Quite a lot of donor partners are supporting malaria elimination in the country but in spite of their supports, we still have huge gap which is why malaria is still endemic in Nigeria.
“We are appealing to more donor agencies to come in and government at all levels should increase their funding for malaria elimination,’’ he said.

Mohammed said the prevalence of malaria in Nigeria is 27 per cent and there are variations of endemicity across geopolitical zones going by the 2015 Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS).
“The World Malaria Report of 2017 indicates that Nigeria contributes 27 per cent of the 216 million malaria cases and 24 per cent of the 445,000 malaria deaths.

“About three out of 10 persons having malaria in the world live in Nigeria; one out of four deaths from malaria globally occur in Nigeria and over 54 million malaria cases recorded annually for the last three years.

“We also have prevalence across zones in the country according to 2015 National Malaria Indicator Survey (NMIS).

“North West – 37 per cent, North Central- 32 per cent, North East -26 per cent, South-South- 19 per cent, South West 17 per cent and South East 14 per cent, ” he said.
He said another malaria survey is ongoing and the report will be out by 2019, to show the true situation of Nigeria’s malaria status.

Mohammed however said increased funding for malaria elimination would provide equitable, comprehensive, cost effective, efficient and quality malaria control services.

He appealed to Nigerians to stop self-medication and go for Rapid Diagnostic Test for proper malarial testing.

In her remarks, Dr Bolatito Aiyenigba, Deputy Director, Malaria and Tuberculosis Project, Breakthrough Action-Nigeria said that the project was focused on integrated social health behaviour of Nigerians.

Aiyenigba urged the media to write stories and feature articles to provide adequate information to all Nigerians such that at least 80 per cent of the populace habitually takes appropriate malaria preventive and treatment measures.

The Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole lamented the fact that malaria still poses as a major health challenge to the country.

Isaac said, “It is sad that malaria still poses a major health challenge to the country and is a major cause of death of children under the age of five.”

The minister however assured that government is concerned about this and is working towards additional funding to close existing gaps and move towards elimination.
He said, “We need to de-normalize malaria and nobody should die of malaria because malaria is preventable and treatable.’’

https://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/10/malaria-epidemic-achieving-pre.html

buhari n his lying gang.

longerthroat:
If not for politics, drugs like ARTEQUICK (A COMBINATION OF ARTEMISININ &PIPERAQUINE) will do the magic. it did wonders in Cambodia and some other countries. yet they kept selling less effective ACT to people... I pray we wake up someday to this reality.

Artemisinin is an ACT also.
And the best ACT in Nigeria is Artesunate/Amodiaquin which most of us will not want to take. But even then, the problem is not the type of ACT used but the standard and the way our people take the medications. For example, Coartem is to be used at the zero hour, then, exactly 8 hours after the first dose, then 24 hours after the first dose and 12 hourly subsequently. And it should be used after a fatty meal or with a cup of milk.
The other problem we have is the storage of our drugs. They should be stored below 30°C but the ambient temperature is higher. The implication is that the drugs most people use have lost a bit of their potency!

drace:


Artemisinin is an ACT also.
And the best ACT in Nigeria is Artesunate/Amodiaquin which most of us will not want to take. But even then, the problem is not the type of ACT used but the standard and the way our people take the medications. For example, Coartem is to be used at the zero hour, then, exactly 8 hours after the first dose, then 24 hours after the first dose and 12 hourly subsequently. And it should be used after a fatty meal or with a cup of milk.
The other problem we have is the storage of our drugs. They should be stored below 30°C but the ambient temperature is higher. The implication is that the drugs most people use have lost a bit of their potency!

After taking ACT for some time, injection seems to be the best solution for me.

vision 2020 oya lets go there

drace:


Artemisinin is an ACT also.
And the best ACT in Nigeria is Artesunate/Amodiaquin which most of us will not want to take. But even then, the problem is not the type of ACT used but the standard and the way our people take the medications. For example, Coartem is to be used at the zero hour, then, exactly 8 hours after the first dose, then 24 hours after the first dose and 12 hourly subsequently. And it should be used after a fatty meal or with a cup of milk.
The other problem we have is the storage of our drugs. They should be stored below 30°C but the ambient temperature is higher. The implication is that the drugs most people use have lost a bit of their potency!

my read about ARTEMISININ and PIPERAQUINE ACT. or Google about Artequick. preferably use it. it's It's a 24 hour malaria treatment. 4 tablets. 2 at 00 hours then the remaining 2 after 24 hours.

drace:


Artemisinin is an ACT also.
And the best ACT in Nigeria is Artesunate/Amodiaquin which most of us will not want to take. But even then, the problem is not the type of ACT used but the standard and the way our people take the medications. For example, Coartem is to be used at the zero hour, then, exactly 8 hours after the first dose, then 24 hours after the first dose and 12 hourly subsequently. And it should be used after a fatty meal or with a cup of milk.
The other problem we have is the storage of our drugs. They should be stored below 30°C but the ambient temperature is higher. The implication is that the drugs most people use have lost a bit of their potency!

what's the FCT& PUT of amodiaquine compared to PIPERAQUINE?

drace:


Artemisinin is an ACT also.
And the best ACT in Nigeria is Artesunate/Amodiaquin which most of us will not want to take. But even then, the problem is not the type of ACT used but the standard and the way our people take the medications. For example, Coartem is to be used at the zero hour, then, exactly 8 hours after the first dose, then 24 hours after the first dose and 12 hourly subsequently. And it should be used after a fatty meal or with a cup of milk.
The other problem we have is the storage of our drugs. They should be stored below 30°C but the ambient temperature is higher. The implication is that the drugs most people use have lost a bit of their potency!

what's the FCT & PCT for amodiaquine compared to PIPERAQUINE ***