Malaria: Nasarawa to distribute two million insecticide treated nets
The Nasarawa state government is set to distribute 2,060,000 insecticide treated nets to check spread of malaria.
This is in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), with funding from the United States President’s Malaria Initiative.
Commissioner for Health, Ahmed Yahaya, made the disclosure on Monday in Lafia at a one-day media parley for 2022 campaign for mass distribution of insecticide treated nets.
The commissioner explained that the state was determined to partner any organisation to ensure better healthcare services in line with global best practices.
He added that the government had already trained personnel at the local government areas, as well as the state level, preparatory to mass distribution of the nets.
The commissioner noted that personnel from the ministry would commence registration and issuance of cards to households across the 13 local councils between January 20 and January 28.
He also said that after the registration, the distribution of the nets would commence from February 7-15, 2022.
He, therefore, promised that the ministry would put machinery in place to ensure that the nets were effectively distributed to every household.
(NAN)
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