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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 May 2021 The Chief Executive Officer, FYODOR Biotechnologies, Dr Eddy Agbo, has stressed the need for the fight against malaria to be given the same level of intervention given to coronavirus in order to avert avoidable deaths in Nigeria. Agbo stated this while delivering a keynote address during a colliquium organised by the Centre for Malaria Research, Diagnosis, Training and Policy, University of Lagos with the theme, ‘Reaching the Zero Malaria Target.’ He said Nigeria was sitting on a time-bomb if it continued to neglect malaria, which he describ...

Views: Visits 10 By Chioma Obinna As the world battle with the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and other stakeholders in the campaign to eliminate malaria are calling for appropriate funding for malaria as it was done for COVID to avert what they described as ‘unacceptable’ deaths from the disease. According to them, the latest report from the World Health Organisation, WHO showed that an estimated 90,000 Nigerians died of malaria in 2020 and if nothing urgent is done, the deaths which reduced from 150 a decade ago will double. The experts also lamented the lack of capability...

Malaria Eradication: NGOs donate free malaria-urine test kits to IDPs On By Fortune Eromosele, Abuja In a bid to combine efforts and eradicate malaria from Nigeria and the African continent, Non-Governmental Organisations, (NGOs), donated free malaria-urine test kits, to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Abuja. Speaking to journalists, Founder, Barr. Sam Otoboeze Foundation (BSOF), Mr. Sam Otoboeze said the gesture aims at eradicating malaria and reducing rates of deaths caused by malaria in the IDPs camp and the country. “We have a lot of concern on health. If we are able to...

World Malaria Day: Groups donate malaria test kits to FCT IDPs The World Malaria Day is celebrated globally every April 25, to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control. ADVERTISEMENT Some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) , on Sunday, donated free urine malaria test kits to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in the FCT, in commemoration of the World malaria day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Malaria Day is celebrated globally every April 25, to highlight the need for continued investme...