Experts have urged the government to strengthen healthcare systems and increase local investments in research for new drugs, vaccines and mosquito control methods to combat antimalarial resistance and vector resistance.
Medical Doctor from Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi, Lagos, Dr Olubunmi Apata, who spoke at the ‘Swim Against Malaria’, organised by the Swimming Section of the Lagos County Club held in Lagos, advised the government to prioritise investment in the purchase and distribution of vaccines to most at-risk population, which is the children under the age of five and reduce the 78 per cent death burden on this population.
“The government has to invest in measures to prevent malaria, such as regular education of the public through official mass media platforms, free provision of insecticide-treated nets for all children and pregnant women with a specific focus on those disadvantaged communities,…
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