The Nasarawa State Government said it has reduced malaria prevalence in the state to less than 15 per cent in the last five years.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Gaza Gwamna, disclosed this at a media parley of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) round four on Tuesday in Lafia.
The commissioner explained that the tireless anti-malaria scourge under the SMC initiative was supported by the Malaria Consortium (MC).
The health commissioner noted that in the last three years of the implementation of the SMC and other anti-malaria interventions, the burden has reduced drastically to 15 per cent, particularly amongst children.
“From the creation of the state the burden of malaria used to be 60 percent but was reduced to 30 per cent in 2019 and now 15 per cent,” he added.
Gwomna declared that the state government is targeting 985, 788 eligible populations, especially children under five years and pregnant mothers in 2024…
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