Ogun State Aims to Become Nigeria’s First Malaria-Free State by 2030
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Monday, said that the state is hoping to be the first to be declared malaria-free in the country by 2030.
Coker also said that the state is concerned with the fight against malaria and might consider employing carpenters who will help households in each ward of the local government fix the insecticide-treated nets recently distributed in the state.
The Society For Family Health, with the support of the State and Federal Government, as well as other development partners have just distributed about 2.5m treated mosquito nets in the state.
The commissioner disclosed this on Monday while speaking during a debriefing of the Insecticide Treated Nets Campaign in the state, held at the conference room of the Ministry of Health, Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital.
Coker noted that the zero malaria status feat attained by Egypt recently is a morale booster that the state too can be free of Malaria by 2030.
She said, “I am hoping that by 2030, Ogun State can be the first state that can be declared malaria-free.
The commissioner thanked the Society For Family Health as well as other development partners and the Federal Government for their support to the state in reducing the burden of malaria.
She pledged that the state would always consolidate on the gains of such vital collaboration to improve the healthcare of its citizens.
