Sadly, in our view, a 2020 World Malaria Report revealed that Nigeria had the highest number of global malaria cases in 2019 and accounted for the highest number of deaths .Case numbers increased 3.5 per cent between 2016 and 2019, from 293 to 303 per 1000 of the population at risk. Deaths fell 16 per cent, however, from 0.57 to 0.47 per 1000 of the population at risk during that same period.
Prevalence ranges from 16 per cent in the South and southeast Zones to 34 per cent in the North West Zone. In rural populations, prevalence is 2.4 times that in urban populations . Compared to the highest socioeconomic group, prevalence among children in the lowest socioeconomic group is seven times higher .
Indeed, we call on the government to embark on a serious enlightenment campaign for people to take the vaccine when it becomes available. There has been a serious campaign by some religious and political leaders against taking the COVID -19 vaccine. It should be not be allowed to replicate itself in the malaria vaccine.
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