Paediatrician seeks sustained efforts to eliminate malaria

Date: 2021-01-26

A professor of paediatrics at the University of Ilorin, Prof. Olugbenga Mokuolu, has said the elimination of malaria in the country will require sustained efforts of stakeholders.

Mokuolu who is also the National Technical Director at the National Malaria Elimination Programme said this at a webinar series tagged 'Monitor Your Health.'

"Actions against malaria must be sustained, concerted, strategic, which must also be in available quantity to bring about the desired impact.

"In 2010, the prevalence was 42 per cent, in 2015, it came down to 27 per cent, while in 2018, 22 per cent. So, we are making progress, but far from where we are going. We must sustain the pressure on malaria," he said.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the professor said that efforts were ongoing and innovations were being looked at on the national level.

Mokuolu said funding remained a huge challenge, adding that the issue of funding must be addressed if the country was to survive malaria completely.

"Conditions, such as malaria, that have high fatality rate, need to be specially funded as a critical emergency fund. Looking at the coronavirus pandemic, hasn't the government diverted resources to the pandemic to the extent that we see it as a problem?

"In as much as we do not want people to die from COVID-19, people should not die from other conditions," he said.

Mukuolu advised individuals to take personal responsibility for keeping their systems clean such that the malaria parasite could not be transmitted from one person to another.

"Imagine if I keep my system clean by taking my personal actions, even if a mosquito visits my blood, it will have nothing to transmit from me. The more everyone takes this level of responsibility, the more they are part of the solution in eliminating the disease.

"Also, we should take national development agenda seriously including having better housing, roads, drainages, waste disposal and practices such as using the long-lasting insecticide control nets. All of these will have broad ramifications on malaria," Mokuolu said.

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