The Jigawa state government says it plans to distribute malaria drugs to no fewer than 1.3 million children in the state. Malam Bilya Haruna, the coordinator of Malaria Control Programme in the state, disclosed this in Dutse on Monday. He said that the state government would be collaborating with a non-governmental organisation, Malaria Consortium, to […]
Abuja – Dr Audu Mohammed, the Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), on Monday, said Federal Government would empower local manufacturers to produce malaria drugs locally. He said in Abuja that government would be doing this through the World Health Organisation (WHO) prequalification progrmme. He said the prequalification Programme, set up in 2001, was a […]
Following the motion by Senator Theodore Orji on sale and consumption in Nigeria of anti-malaria drugs banned by European Union, the Senate has directed its committee on Health to investigate and report back for urgent action. According to a social critic, Don Norman Obinna, Sen. Orji representing Abia Central had in his presentation at the […]