The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, revealed this at the commemoration of 2019 World Malaria Day in Abuja on Thursday.
He further said that despite waiting for the success of the trial vaccine, more commitments were being made by the country with the help of its development partners to eliminate the scourge. He said that every Nigerian has a role to play in the effort to end the scourge of malaria, from the artisan on the street to the chief executive in the office.
“We also account for 19 per cent of deaths from malaria. Though funding for malaria control has remained relatively stable since 2010. “Let me inform you that we are fully committed to malaria elimination. We have developed innovative programmes that will increase access to funds for malaria programme implementation.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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