HomeLocal NewsKano govt. targets 3m children for malaria prevention

Kano govt. targets 3m children for malaria prevention

Date:

Related stories

Kano commissioner withdraws surety for drug suspect Danwawu

Kano State Commissioner for Transportation, Alhaji Ibrahim Namadi, has...

Fake EFCC officials jailed in Kano

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial...

Kano govt sends 588 students to 15 states for exchange programme

The Kano State Government has dispatched 588 students to...

Kano commissioner secures bail for suspected drug dealer Danwawu

Kano State Commissioner for Transport, Ibrahim Namadi, has stepped...

Kano govt partners Federal Mortgage Bank to solve housing shortage

The Kano State Government has announced a new partnership...
spot_img

The Kano State Government says it’s targeting over three million children for malaria chemoprevention, from July to October 2021.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aminu Tsanyawa, disclosed this on Sunday in Kano, while addressing newsmen in commemoration of World Malaria Day.

He said that the targeted number of children would be about 75 per cent coverage for the prevention of non-complicated malaria.

Tsanyawa said the state had administered more than three million doses of the malaria chemoprevention drugs (sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and Amosiaquine), with a view to preventing deaths due to malaria.

He said that as part of the commitment to the seasonal malaria chemoprevention, government had built the capacity of about 23, 629 community Drug Distributors, 2,710 Town announcers, and Lead mothers in the state.

The commissioner also noted that in 2020, outpatient attendance relating to malaria in Kano were 3,712, 354 with 2,349, 596 fever cases screened for malaria.

He added that out of the number, 1, 685,925 were diagnosed for uncomplicated malaria,  1,664,991 were treated with ACT, while 1,079 died from the disease.

For the first quarter of 2021, Tsanyawa said, 355,426 individuals were diagnosed with uncomplicated malaria, 352, 363 were treated with ACT while 155 deaths recorded.

He restated the commitment of the  Gov. Abdullahi  Ganduje -led administration towards prioritising the health sector, thus providing adequate funds for malaria elimination activities in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that World Malaria Day is celebrated globally on April 25, every year, to create awareness on malaria and discuss ways of preventing the scourge.

The theme for the 2021 commemoration is “Zero Malaria- Draw the Line Against Malaria,” with the slogan “Stand up and take action,” aimed at exploring and connecting the malaria scourge for elimination. (NAN).

Subscribe

Latest stories

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here