A Non Governmental Organization, The Health Builders Initiative has called on Nigerians to maintain personal hygiene and avoid water stagnation in their areas to prevent malaria disease.
The Media Director of the Non Governmental Organization, Doctor Kehinde Khadijat Kadiri and the Media Officer, Mr. Mahmood Olayinka Alaya gave the advice in a statement issued to journalists in Ilorin, the kwara state capital as part of activities marking the World Malaria Day.
The statement appealed to pregnant women and children within the age of zero to five to sleep under treated long lasting insecticide nets.It also called on the three tiers of government, international donors and various humanitarian organizations to scale up more support for malaria eradication through improved funding to eradicate the disease in the country.
The statement also stressed the need for all primary health care centres across the country to function properly, pointing out that the prevalence of the disease is more common at the rural areas due to the exposure of the rural dwellers to the causes of malaria disease.
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