Kwara Govt. begins distribution of 40 million anti malaria items across 16 LGAs

Date: 2019-10-29

The Kwara government says it has started the training of healthcare workers on malaria treatment and the distribution of over 40 million malaria commodities across the 16 local government areas of the state.

Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on the sidelines of the training, Alhaji Abdullahi Nageri, Programme Manager, State Malaria Elimination Programme, said the first phase of the training involved healthcare workers across the five public health facilities.

He said that the training also included six medical centres of tertiary institutions in Kwara.

He said that the training was geared toward improving the capacity of managers and other health professionals on malaria control programmes and understanding the key determinants of malaria epidemiology.

Nageri said that the Kwara government had earlier released N82 million for Malaria-Free Kwara Initiative (MFKI), adding "there is already free testing and treatment of malaria for pregnant women and children under the age five across the 16 LGAs.

He said that malaria had become endemic, especially in the rural areas of the state, which gave rise to the idea of the Malaria-free Kwara initiative.

According by him, some of the tertiary medical institutions for the first phase of the training included Kwara State University, College of Nursing and Midwifery, Kwara Polytechnic, University of Ilorin and College of Education (Technical), Lafiagi.

He said that the College of Health Technology, Offa was also among the tertiary medical institutions for the first phase of the training.

Nageri said that the training would also include 56 unsupported Public Primary Health facilities such as the General Hospital, Ilorin, General Hospital, Okuta and Cottage Hospital, ILesha Baruba among others.

Dr Oluwatosin Fakayode, the Director Public Health, Kwara Ministry of Health also to NAN that malaria remained a concern of public health in the state.

He pointed out that the highest cases of the disease were witnessed at the LGA levels, adding that six per cent of the outpatients were people down with the disease.

"One in every three people taking sick leave from work is as a result of malaria," he said

Fakayode disclosed that the training would afford participants the knowledge of proper diagnosing, investigating and treatment of malaria.

According to him, it is now suicidal for people to die of malaria in the state as the state governor has ensured malaria testing and treatment is made free.

NAN reports that some of the anti malaria items distributed included surphurdoxine pyratamine for prevention of malarial in pregnancy, surgical glove, long lasting insecticidal nets and Artesunate injection for severe malaria.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Abatemi Usman     Yoonus Lawal     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Sola Saraki University     Dorcas Afeniforo     Oko     Solomon Edoja     Kwara State Governor     Rotimi Atere     Nigeria Computer Society     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Ben Duntoye     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Elese Of Igbaja     Logun     Government High School Adeta     Jimba Babatunde     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Farouk Salim     Oke-Ero     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Femi Agbaje     IYA YUSUF     Kazeem Adekanye     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Sheikh Alimi     Onilu     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Peter Obi     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Kulende-UITH     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Pakata Development Association     Moses Adekanye     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Balikis Jawondo     Tsado Manman     Sherif Shagaya     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Labaeka     Raimi Iyanda     Akanji     Ile Arugbo     Abdullahi Biffo     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Kwara Central     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Shuaib Abdulkadir     HICA     Buhari     Ibrahim Jawondo     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Seun Bolaji     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Tunde Oyawoye     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Aliyu Muhammed     Bola Shagaya     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Muhammadu Buhari     Danhawa     Iliasu     Baba Idris     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Idris Garba     Ahmad Belgore     Voices Of Tomorrow     Orisa Bridge    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Third Estate     Issa Manzuma     Yekeen Alabi     Okin Biscuit     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     EFCC     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Kulende-UITH     Dairo Kunle Paul     TESCOM     Share-Tsaragi     Sheriff Shagaya     Labaeka     Simeon Sayomi     Haleeman Salman     Micheal Imoudu     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Onilorin     Tunde Saad     Usman Yunusa     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Abubakar Aliagan     Ajeigbe     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Jide Oyinloye     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Lai Gobir     BECE     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Oloyede     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Emir Of Kano     Kwara Hotel     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ramadhan     Abdulazeez Arowona     General Hospital     Suleiman Mora Omar     CUTI     Alimi     Abubakar Baba     Bukola Ajikobi     Ibrahim Mohammed     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Tafida Of Ilorin     Eleja     Tunde Yusuf     Saliu Tunde Bello     Ahmed Bayero     Gabriel Fashanu     Tope Daramola     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Osi     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Hassan Oyeleke     Fola Consultant     Adama Isa     Solomon Edojah     Yusuf Abubakar     Okoolowo     Tanke     Lanre Issa Onilu     Henry Makinwa     Suleiman Ajadi     Idiagbon     Millennium Development Goals     Aliyu Muhammed     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Tunji Arosanyin     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Olomu     Saidu Yaro Musa     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju